Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wednesday, January 30, 2002, at 05:47 PM, Emanuel Lowi wrote: > If you are carrying the exposed film out of Israel in your luggage and > you avoid > telling them you are a working photographer and have just come from the > West Bank > (which you should avoid mentioning in any case, because it will make > the airport > security people VERY interested in you...) you should have no trouble. the security at ben-gurion airport is legendary, and i imagine it's even more strict lately, what with the current spate of terrorism *and* two well-publicized security breaches in the past couple of weeks. (1, some guy made it onto an el al flight with a flare, and 2, someone made it onto an el al flight with a handgun.) from what i understand, travelling from israel proper into the west bank or gaza strip is next to impossible right now, especially in jerusalem. there's currently a proposal to build a wall separating east and west parts of the city. you might want to read the jerusalem post (www.jpost.co.il) or ha'aretz (www.haaretz.co.il) for a couple of weeks to get an idea of what's going on. - -- brad daly bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=190241 "War, what is it good for? It's good for business." --Billy Bragg When I get depressed, I just look at our two wiener dogs. You'll never see more of a can-do attitude in a can't-do body than a wiener dog." --Kevin Kling Rap is a continuation of the Sex Pistols; it's quite obvious. --John(nny Rotten) Lydon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html