The Parliament's Security Services Committee has approved a ban on Israeli passports till the Jewish state ceases its genocidal military operations in occupied Palestine.
The new revision to the bill on banning Israeli passport holders from entering the Maldives was proposed by MP for Hulhudhoo Constituency, Mohamed Shahid. This was seconded by MP for Villimale Constituency Mohamed Ismail.
MP Shahid had submitted his proposal to the Committee in its meeting held this morning as well. However, at that time, the Chairperson of the Committee MP for Eydhafushi Constituency, Ahmed Saleem, said that the Committee would decide on the matter after consulting with the Attorney General's Office.
MP for Galolhu South Constituency Meekail Mohamed Naseem proposed an amendment to the Immigration Act last May as a way to protest against the Israeli state's continuous genocide in the Occupied Palestinian territories.
The amendment was accepted by the Parliament in June and forwarded to the Security Services Committee where its work has been stagnant much to the ire of the public.
At today's committee meeting held in the morning, the administrative desk read out the counsel from the Immigration regarding the proposed amendment.
Immigration said that it cannot ban Israelis who hold passports from other countries from entering the country. It said one of the reasons for this is that the Immigration would look at the passport a person is presenting when entering the country. It also said that the Immigration cannot dual or more passport holders.
For these reasons, the Immigration proposed banning only Israeli passport holders from entering the Maldives.
