Haifa, too, has a history of violence
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_restaurant_suicide_bombing,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa_bus_37_suicide_bombing and others),
the years of the Second Intifada in the first half of this decade left
few places unscathed by terror and grief, for both people.
But really, folks, this is so much outside of what the conference is
all about. It is not about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and we
shouldn't (IMHO mustn't) make it into a political/ideological tour of
the conflict. If someone wants to use their visit of the region for
that purpose, they're welcome to do it before or after the conference.
Harel
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Tim Starling <tstarling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On 14/08/10 11:33, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
I think that Tim's point was precisely to get
to some non touristic-only
(i.e. often unreal) destination, to understand better the life of local
inhabitants and the conflict.
This is not part of Wikimania, obviously, but would be an interesting
possibility (e.g. more than beach, IMHO).
Yes, that was the point, but when I read up on Harel's suggestion of
Bethlehem, I realised that it would fit the bill well enough. It has a
recent history of violence: the IDF invaded it in 2002, in Operation
Defensive Shield. Part of the town was annexed to Israel by the
construction of the West Bank barrier. On the south side of the town
is one of the West Bank's many long-term refugee camps, established in
1949.
-- Tim Starling
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