I will answer to the point - The answer is "YES".
All Israeli Arabs, as well as Palestinians in East Jerusalem may visit the
conference without a problem. There are no borders inside Israel.
Palestinians who live in the West Bank need a permit to cross the border. These
need be asked for in advance but it is easier to receive such a permit than to
receive a visa into Israel. Thousands of Palestianians cross the border every
day to work inside Isreal. We contacted the foreign ministry and were told that
such permits will be given to active wikipedians known to the foundation, if the
permit is requested by them enough time in advance (now is a good time to
register and request a permit).
Deror
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From: Tomer Shalev <shalev.tomer(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel = apartheid
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Hello Matthew,
You are most welcome to come to
Haifa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa#Demographics>and experience a
city which is one of the last places in the middle-east
where Jews, Christians, Muslims, Bah?'?s, Druze and people from other
religious live in peace and harmony together. I would like to suggest that
you accommodate in Haifa University
dormitories<http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation/Dorms#…ms>,
and conduct your own unbiased demographic survey to challenge your axioms of
apartheid.
I advise you to extend your stay in Israel, and visit Nazareth and other
Arab cities in Israel, and also cities in the west bank: Jericho, Nablus,
Bethlehem and east Jerusalem. I encourage you to be impressed by the level
of freedom, education and economics of people living there, and to compare
it to the level of those living in other counties in the Middle-East and
Africa.
I don't want to flame this discussion further, but as a Haifa citizen I
couldn't leave this unanswered.
Regards,
Tomer Shalev
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:50 PM, matthew satchwell
<mattsatchwell(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Please dont hold you conference in Haifa
If so I will be obliged to boycott you
I was brought up in South Africa
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