In early June, the office of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu announced his country would impose a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country. Six months later, such a sweeping ...

“The cabinet’s decision includes amending necessary laws to prevent entry into the Maldives [people] with Israeli passports,” the President’s Office said at the time. But the Maldives ...

The ruling party and tourism industry associations oppose a “blanket ban” on Israeli passport holders as proposed by the opposition and backed by a pro-Palestine public consensus.