Hmmm... That's interesting. According to the criterion Deryck Chan mentioned,
I'm he-5, en-5, ar-5, fr-3 and es-2. In various occasions I was a teacher of
he, en and ar, but I always write ar-3 because I can read and write quite
easily though my speech fluency needs some improvement...
Hi,
Here are two useful links from Jordan Tourism Board:
http://www.visitjordan.com/visitjordan_cms/GeneralInformation/GettingAround/BorderCrossings/tabid/105/Default.aspx
- List of border crossing. My advice: Either go eastwards across the Lower
Galilee from Haifa to Beit Shean, cross the
I personally contacted people from the Palestinian community of Israel and
spread the word in the meetings I had with Palestinians from the West Bank.
People showed some interest, some of them were not too acquainted with
Wikipedia and asked questions, but apparently it didn't bring them
Hello Thomas,
In terms of accessibility, Israel is much more accessible to Palestinians and
Jordanians than any other location suggested for Wikimania 2011.
It is even more accessible to them than Alexandria, Egypt, the venue of
Wikimania 2008, and I say it after I checked this matter with
Hello,
Just to clarify a few points -
1. The term Palestinian-Arabs refers to people who identify themselves as part
of the Palestinian People, but they hold various nationalities. Many of them
are Israeli citizens, so they can arrive at Haifa just as any other Israeli
(and like other
Hello,
I asked two people from the Ben Gurion University's Africa Center to attend
Wikimania for as much as they can, in order to talk with
developers and other people involved in offline projects and devnations
initiatives. These two students were part of the Israeli mission to
Santchou,
I didn't mean to tell this story, but I feel I have to. Two days before I went
to Wikimania 2008 I heard on the news about a warning on behalf of the Israeli
authorities for Israeli citizens not to visit Egypt due to risk of kidnapping
and attacks. I looked up the number of this government
mattsatchwell,
There is a word in Hebrew which describes what you are doing here - chutzpa.
You have the nerve of making political propaganda in a forum that was not meant
for political discussion. You can spread your propaganda in many places on the
net, but you chose to do it here in
Just to give you some background on the issue - There is currently an
aggressive campaign by certain pro-Palestinian groups to boycott Israel. The
campaigners are well organized and they will probably continue to send messages
to this mailing list. The campaign is political, however it is not
