President Mohamed Muizzu has announced, sans giving details of when the law would take effect, on Sunday (2nd June, 2024) that Maldives had resolved to impose a ban on Israeli passports in order to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.
Maldives president also proclaimed a national fundraising campaign “Maldivians in Solidarity with Palestine”.It is pertinent to mention here that earlier Maldives was in the process of ameliorating the state to state terms with Israel.
Previously imposed ban on Israeli tourists had been lifted in the early 1990s. But following the toppling of president Mohamed Nasheed government, the process of normalization of ties with Israelis was axed in February 2012.
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