What some people from the are afraid of is not entering Israel; but the consequences of them entering Israel (eg being barred entry to Dubai as a result of prior travel to Israel).
Image by FlamingText.com > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:26:09 +0300 > From: moushi...@gmail.com > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011 > > Abbas: Let us not generalize; it is a complex and complicated matter > about the will/ability to visit Israel if you happen to be a resident > of an Arab or Muslim nation. > > I believe the "difficulty" of getting a visa varies from one country > to another, but even with the help of the bidding team, an issue will > remain unresolved, that is: Some countries do not allow persons with > an Israeli stamp on their passports, to enter their borders. The list > includes: Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, UAE, Turkey ..and other > destinations. I am not sure if there are exceptions for this rule in > those countries. It is a complicated situation on political and > ethical levels. > Maybe it remains a personal choice of the participant whether to make > it Haifa or not. > > M > > > > On 8/11/10, Abbas Mahmoud <abbas...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
