On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Abbas Mahmoud
<abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Yaroslav: X has no problem with Israel,
there's even an embassy in country
X, from which he applied the visa, but since he is on a work permit in the
Middle east, the embassy sticks the visa on another paper. Since the
country where he works from isnt in good terms with Israel, he travels to
Israel from his homecountry X. Wouldn't the immigration officer in country
X bar him passage due to the fact that a visa is only recognised if
sticked on a passport, and not a piece of paper?
Wouldn't it be more productive to stop talking about X and see if
there are actual Wikimedians out there who wish to take part in the
2011 Wikimania but can't because of their local oppressive government
and their laws and regulations?
This is very constructive Mathias, however I prefer if we eliminate any judgmental tone
towards governments or societies or persons. The issue is quite complicated, complex and
extremely relative. Accusing some governments of being oppressive opens the door to
counter accusation against Israel and we will end up in an unpleasant loop.
Even within Arab nations who have direct flights to Israel, the
decision to attend has its own considerations, which makes this issue
a complete relative and personal decision.
Thanks for understanding.
M
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