Ibrahim Falah, Member of Parliament for Inguraidhoo constituency and Leader of the PNC Parliamentary Group, has said that advice from Palestine and Arab countries is needed on the issue of banning entry to the Maldives with Israeli passports. Falah said this while speaking at the Committee on National Security Services regarding the issue of banning Israeli passports. Falah said that banning entry to the Maldives with Israeli passports is a very important amendment. He also noted that Israel is carrying out very strong inhumane and brutal acts of genocide against the Palestinian people.
Falah highlighted the need to get Palestine’s opinion on this matter. He said that if Palestine wants to ban Israeli citizens from coming to the Maldives, it’s necessary to see how much benefit and advantage it would bring to that country, or what satisfaction and happiness it would bring. “In addition to Palestine, we need to seek advice from other Arab countries and relevant authorities of other major countries in the world on this issue. There are also hundreds of Muslims living in Israel. When banning Israeli passports, this is not an issue that can be decided hastily. Therefore, this issue should not be decided without extensive research,” Falah said.
He said that the proposal to ban Israeli passports was also submitted in the previous MDP majority parliament, but no decision was made on it by the time the government ended. He said this was for some reason. Falah said that banning Israeli passports should not be politically damaging to the country. Therefore, there needs to be extensive consultation on this matter.
