Visiting Israel is against the law in several Islamic countries, this is covered in http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visas#Visas_for_Middle_Eastern_Countries_.28other_than_Egypt_and_Jordan.29
And was discussed earlier this year at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa#Arab_countries WSC On 6 July 2011 12:33, Kim Bruning <k...@bruning.xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 01:11:09PM +0100, WereSpielChequers wrote: >> Absolutely if someone does come from a country that has laws against >> their attending then we should do our best to keep them safe. > > I don't think it's really against the law anywhere, and we haven't heard > reports about there being any issues > (I did ask explicitly). > > The problem is that BDS (and others?) are explicitly acting against > wikimania. I'd love to hear more reports > on this. I think having a wikimania in haifa is actually going > to be beneficial to all parties. :-) > > For starters I think we need to figure out why palestinians aren't attending. > If it's really a small sample, it might simply be because none happen to have > time. > > Could folks ask around on their home wikis ? > > sincerely, > Kim Bruning > > > -- > [Non-pgp mail clients may show pgp-signature as attachment] > gpg (www.gnupg.org) Fingerprint for key FEF9DD72 > 5ED6 E215 73EE AD84 E03A 01C5 94AC 7B0E FEF9 DD72 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
