8 Oct 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
TEL AVIV, Israel
— Israel's Environment Ministry is denying reports from environmentalists that Israeli beaches have high levels of pollution.
Rani Amir, director of the Environmental Protection Ministry's marine and coastal environment division, said the sea off the Eilat coast "is in the best shape it's ever been in." He said water quality had consistently improved in the Mediterranean Sea, too.