I showed that she lied about having no access to swimming pools in Jerusalem - she simply never applied for a permit.
But it turns out that she lied about something more fundamental. After I publicized the story, Tablet magazine showed that there are indeed 50-meter Olympic sized pools in the West Bank.
And there are quite a few.
Here is one in her own home town at the Murad Tourist Resort:
Here is a screenshot from a video about how a Bedouin woman opened up a water resort in Jericho that included an Olympic sized pool - a pool that apparently was funded by the International Olympic Committee specifically to help Palestinian swimmers!
Here's one in Qalqiya:
And an indoor pool also in Qalqiya:
And in Hawara:
For Reuters, the story of evil Israel and poor Palestine was too good to check.
Because, that is what Reuters reporters believe.
UPDATE: Some are not sure that most of the pools here are 50 meters, as opposed to 25 meters.
The Jericho pool, however, certainly seems to be the right size:
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