Maldives bans entry of Israelis in ‘resolute solidarity’ with Palestinians
Maldives bans entry of Israelis in ‘resolute solidarity’ with Palestinians
MALE, Maldives — The Maldives announces it is banning the entry of Israelis to the luxury tourist archipelago in “resolute solidarity” with the Palestinian people.
President Mohamed Muizzu ratifies the legislation shortly after it is approved by parliament today.
“The ratification reflects the government’s firm stance in response to the continuing atrocities and ongoing acts of genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people,” his office says in a statement.
Maldives has more courage than all of Europe and Middle East combined.
The world is just standing by, allowing this terrorist colony to carry it's genocide under the tutelage of its rogue state sponsor the US and it's vassal states.
Props to Ireland though
Israelis could have revolted but they stayed passive for years, passivility tolerating the wrongdoings of their government. This makes them responsible
Israelis are protesting for years you dumbo!
That doesn't mean they have any sympathy whatsoever to the plight of the Palestinians.
Unfortunately nothing changed, and Israel has doubled down. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if Americans start to feel push back soon as well given Trump and Maga running towards fascism at break neck speed.
Lmao passively tolerate? That's the Americans; the Jewish Israeli public is an enthusiastic participant in all of this. They've always been enthusiastic participants in Israel's Lebensraum genocide project. I mean ask an Israeli about the Nakba, or better yet see what they did to Rabin.
Wow, the comments on that site are something
Is the TOI a credible source? I feel like it may be biased towards Israel
It is a pretty stark comparison to lemmy. I’ll never understand how people blindly support anything.
Wikipedia describes them as Centrist. This appears to be from their blog though.
Times of Israel has offered a third-party blogging platform since 2012 which allows writers who are not affiliated with the news site to publish online.
From the Controversies section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_of_Israel
The amount of genocide apologia in this comment section is insane
Suddenly I really want to go to the Maldives.
That's called collective responsibility and won't help a single Palestinian.
Collective responsibility for collective actions. The Israeli population is more unified in their hatred for Palestinians than Germans were in their hatred for Jews. Israel needs to be stopped, if necessary by force.
Well, Palestinians are free to visit Maldives whenever they like and even get a complimentary souvenir magnet. Better?
I'm not sure what you expect tiny countries to even do apart from symbolic gestures.
What? Now you punish people for something their government does? That doesn't make sense at all.
Have you heard of... Sanctions? It's a tried and true way of putting pressure on hostile (and also genocidal) governments.
Yes, sanctions are aiming for weakening the domestic economy, not forbid their citizens of free movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
Ask the Palestinians how that feels?
Any of them rich enough to vacation in the Maldives are rich enough to have left and divested of the place