[Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

[Harel Cain]

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 at 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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