Subject: [Venue-selection] Tel Aviv

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 07:59:05 +0000

Hi.

IETF meetings in Israel must be avoided due to the political situation. Specifically the long history of not following U.N. resolutions, the treatment of the Palestinians and illegal take over and expansions into Palestinian land.

In addition, a meeting there would prevent attendees from a long list of middle-east countries to participate. Also, an Israel stamped passport would prevent people to visit many other countries. I would for example not be able to visit one of local companies in Asia afterwards with  an Israel stamp in my passport.

A decision to held a meeting in Israel can be expected to be very controversial. I would not attend and it should be expected that there would be many others that would make the same decision.

Best regards

Frode Kileng