In a recording published by Behadrei Haredim, a lifeguard can be heard talking to the social activist Shimon Cohen in Tiberias, who was looking to hire a lifeguard. The call took a rapid turn towards openly hostile comments.
"Is this a separate beach?" the lifeguard asks, referring to the separation by gender that is practiced at many Israeli beaches. Cohen answers in the affirmative.
"I'd be willing to take the job," the lifeguard continues, but I should warn you ahead of time - if I see a religious woman drowning, I'm going to ignore her. I can't stand religious people."
"That's fine," Cohen answered. "If you see a haredi woman drowning, don't jump in after her, because we'd rather she drown than that an impure woman like you touch her."
The human rights organization Btsalmo has petitioned for a police investigation of the woman in question, claiming that her statements are tantamount to confessing to planning murder.