The Cabinet today approved to bring amendments to the laws to prevent Israelis from entering Maldives on Israeli passports.
Speaking at a press briefing at the President's Office, Home Minister Ali Ihusan said the Cabinet also decided to form a cabinet committee to continue the process of banning Israeli passports.
“The Cabinet has decided today to bring necessary amendments to the laws to ban entry into Maldives on Israeli passports,” Ihusan said.
He also said that Attorney General Ahmed Usham has recommended amending the laws to ban Israeli passports and that is the fastest way to ban Israeli passports.
"The state attorney general is also suggesting that this can be done with the current laws in the country, and internationally there are standards to not name specific countries when interpreting laws. So we are looking for the fastest way to do this within legal means. We are looking at a law that will determine restrictions on entry into Maldives,” Ihusan said.
The committee to oversee the process of banning Israeli passports comprises Home Minister, Attorney General Ahmed Usham, Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer, Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed, Tourism Minister Ibrahim Faisal and Islamic Minister Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed.
Ihusan also announced that the President had decided to appoint a special envoy to identify the needs of the Palestinians in connection with the Israeli genocide. The cabinet further decided to launch a fundraising program across the country to help the distressed Palestinian people.
The cabinet also approved a nationwide march under the name of "Maldivians with Palestine" and approved consultations with Islamic countries to find an urgent solution to the Palestinian issue.
More than 36,000 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Israeli genocide. Over 15,000 of them are children and 10,000 have been missing.
