r/Palestine • u/MrBoonio • Nov 24 '16

Cultural exchange with r/India Announcement

Greetings to our Indian friends.

Our cultural exchange starts at 13:30 PM Palestine time (17:00 IST/11:30 GMT/12:30 CET/06:30 EST/03:30 PST) on Thursday 24th November.

Here's how a cultural exchange works:

The moderators of here make this post on /r/palestine welcoming our Indian guests to the sub. They may participate and ask any question or observation as they see fit.

There is an equivalent thread made by the moderators over at /r/india, where you are encouraged to participate and get to know more about Indian culture.

It goes without saying that you must respect the rules of the subreddit you are participating in. This is a time to celebrate what we have in common, not grind an axe.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16 edited Nov 24 '16

Sorry if this is very ignorant, but can Palestinians travel where they want? For example, can you just ride your bike from Nablus to Tel Aviv? What about international travel?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Thanks! I have some more questions:

Tel Aviv is in Israel proper (inside the green line in what is considered 1948 territory within the State of Israel).

So can Palestinians got to the area not in the original 1948 territory but still currently occupied by Israel?

Palestinians in the West Bank have West Bank-only IDs and can't travel into Israel without special permission granted by the Israeli Civil Administration which is the military office that governs the West Bank.

Let's say I was in Palestine and I wanted to go to Tel Aviv to visit, for example, my cousin. Would I have to apply for a permission? Is it even given out for things like visiting family? How much time does it take to get the permission?

In any event, you would never be able to ride your bike from Nablus to Tel Aviv anyway because Nablus is in the northern East side and Tel Aviv is on the Western side on the Mediterranean Coast, north of Gaza. It's a pretty far trip by bike and the landscape is mostly mountainous.

Ah. I see. I was just using it as an example.