Israeli passport ban efforts inches forward: Committee stage to begin Tuesday

Five months after Maldives first announced its plans to ban Israeli passport holders from crossing its borders, the country's Parliament has scheduled a Security Services Committee (241 Committee) meeting to decide on the proposed amendment to the Immigration Act which would bring the ban into effect.

Maldives' sanction against Israel is in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, and the bill now in parliament, proposed by MP Meekail Ahmed Naseem, calls to refuse entry for all Israeli passport holders, regardless of their dual citizenship status.