[Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

[Harel Cain]

Tim, I don't know how this has any direct bearing on the conference.

The conditions in the West Bank are not what anyone would wish them to
be, including, of course, us. I could try to argue here that still,
the average income there is higher than in most Arab countries and so
on, but this is really beside the point. This conference is not about
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its best solution.

We will in fact be offering day trips on the last day of the
conference (August 7th). More information on our conference website.
Baqa or Nazlat 'Isa don't really make for interesting enough tourist
trips to warrant an organized tour to. I would suggest, as another
possibility in the West Bank, to visit Bethlehem instead. It has much
higher touristic value. We will be checking out options to have this
included as a possible day trip. Thousands of tourists travel there
every week - it's only about 5 miles south of Jerusalem...


Harel

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 12/08/10 01:09, Harel Cain wrote:
>> If someone
>> doesn't want to come to Israel, well, then, we can only express our regret
>> at his choice (which we think is misinformed). I wish they could all come
>> here and change their minds about Israeli reality.
>
> I'd like to think I have an open mind, and always look forward to
> having it changed. I've heard that conditions in the West Bank are
> pretty bad, although the Israeli government disputes this. Maybe the
> Wikimania team could organise a day trip to a nearby border town like
> Baqa or Nazlat 'Isa, to change our minds about this.
>
> -- Tim Starling
>
>
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