Not only the Middle East, but the Muslim population at large will not dare step into Israeli soil.
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:06:45 +0100 > From: thomas.dal...@gmail.com > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011 > > On 11 August 2010 12:37, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > DISCLAIMER: this is a delicate issue that could easily generate a flame. So > > please everybody presume the good faith and stay on topic :-) > > > > > > I don't really know if this issue as been discussed in earlier threads (I > > subscribed to this list after Gdansk and the only pertinent thing I found is > > here: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa/Q%26A#Participants), > > but I would like to know if there are updates about the possibility for > > Middle East citizens to have permissions to enter Israel for Wikimania 2011. > > I guess this type of permission is not easy to obtain (I'm thinking for > > example about citizens of Syria, West Bank or Iran) and I also remember a > > discussion in Gdansk (with Jan Bart, just after the World Cup Final :-( ) > > about some initiatives we could support to increase participation. Are there > > any news or updates? Could I find some information somewhere? > > Thank you in advance. > > I spoke to quite a few people on the Israeli bid team and at the > Foundation about Wikimania 2011 while in Gdansk and I know trying to > get visas for as many people as possible, particularly from the > neighbouring Arabic countries, is very high up on everybody's > priorities. I don't know what is being done to achieve that, but the > issue certainly isn't being ignored. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
