Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza
Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza
The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in the predominantly Muslim nation rises over the war in Gaza.
Good. We have seen with apartheid South Africa that isolation of a rogue terrorist nation is the only non military way of returning it to the community of somewhat lawful nations. No surprise that Israel was a close ally of apartheid South Africa
Meanwhile, you can't become a citizen in Maldives unless you are Muslim. Hypocritical fucks
I don't see the hypocrisy. A country that mandates Islam is exactly the kind of country I would expect to expel Jews.
There were economic sanctions, there was a huge wave of divestment, but all that was pointed at the institutions of the state - not at its citizens ( like this unfortunate decision of Maledives).
Edit: how much sense would it make blocking black citizens of SA from visiting your country -simply because they live under apartheid?
Nearly 11,000 Israelis visited Maldives last year, which was 0.6% of the total tourist arrivals.
Very nice. It's not just a symbolic boycot
A symbolic boycott is important. They still picked a side in this mess.
"Go back to Israel, draft-dodger. Murder more Gazans. Allāh be praised."
Surprisingly high.
0.6% sounds exactly like a symbolic boycott.
As the Maldives is a tourist resort 0.6% of the most major income is pretty big
https://www.budgetyourtrip.com/maldives
You should plan to spend around** $299 (MVR4,623) per day on your vacation in the Maldives.** This is the average daily price based on the expenses of other visitors
Even assuming that every tourist stays one single day that would be 3.3 million dollars. And I'd wager most tourists stay longer than that
holy shit the difference in comments between here and reddit's world news on the same post is insane. Everyone there is a zionist.
What’s the vibe in there? Cause I don’t like the idea of punishing regular civilians for the government’s actions, so I’m not a fan of this decision. But I’m not gonna come in here and say something like “omg why though, Israel’s the victim!!!1”
Everyone there is a bot.
Reddit just banned everyone commenting negatively about Israel or its inhabitants
Reddit is mostly literal bots. Not figurative ones, literal ZionistGPT bots jerking eachother off.
And I was only coming to say that the bloke in the thumbnail looks like he's in one of those cardboard cutouts that kids stick their faces through to get their photo taken
Worldnews really is overrun by Zionist bots. If you go to some other subreddits a lot of them seem to still have real humans who are saying so. But it seems like a lot of other subreddits are being taken over by bots at this point too.
It must be astroturfed
Took a peek in worldnews recently and yeah it's bad. I don't remember it being so bad the last time Gaza was bombed. It's like they cleaned out worldnews for the IPO or something.
I can't seem to find it. Was it deleted?
Reddit has been taken over by US government trolls and bots.
All Israeli’s have to do military service and they get a bonus afterwards that they often use for travel. Thailand was full of Israeli kids when I went. Would be awesome if Thailand did the same.
wp:Human rights in the Maldives
The constitution declares Islam as the state religion of the Maldives and states that all Maldivian nationals are required to be Sunni Muslims.[13] It is illegal in the country to proselytize any religion other than Islam, and advocate for secularism or the separation of church and state. Apostasy and atheism are also outlawed and those who identify as or accused of being apostates or atheists are punishable by death by Maldivian law (though unenforced) and are often subject to vigilante violence or attacks with little or no consequences for perpetrators by the authorities.
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Defamation and Speech "contrary to the tenets of Islam" is illegal.
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As the state partially practices Sharia law in some matters, homosexuality is illegal. The punishment for men is nine months to one year imprisonment, or 10 to 30 lashes. The punishment for women is nine months to one year of house arrest.[3]
Great news
Have they banned Russians?
Unfortunately not.
I say that not because I hate Russians.
I hate the Russians that fly to Maldives and act like they own the place and are constantly rude to Maldivians, other tourists and leave trash behind when they leave.
Funny thing, I made the same question in reverse once, and the crowd on here descended on me for "whataboutism".
Tbh it is a fine line in many cases, and there is no right answer. Every country can decide who to let in, and others have the right to form their opinion on it. I disagree with this one, as I would also disagree with banning all Russians, but I would highly support the targeted sanctioning and travel restriction of diplomats, politicians and oligarchs of both countries.
Careful. As I understand, this is considered “whataboutism” and isn’t really allowed to be discussed. Even though it’s a fantastic point to make with regards to the events happening elsewhere.
Yeah, how come Israel gets all the economic sanctions and Russia gets nothing?? Oh wait...
Jesus, the comments here are deranged.
First of all, you can be as opposed to Israel as you want, as it relates to Israel being a militarized state committing genocide. A lot of these comments are just dripping with hatred for Israelis and Jews, solely because of their Religion/Ethnicity/National Origin, and without regard to their actual stance on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Lots of stuff here stooping to the level of bigotry - a pattern that I am noticing from a lot of people on the left who seem to think that their opposition to Israel makes no rhetoric, no matter how hateful, off-limits.
Second of all, the Maldives are are Muslim Theocracy that openly criminalizes the free exercise of any religion other than Sunni Islam. The war in Gaza is excellent cover for removing Jews from their country, and anyone thinking that they are actually taking a humanitarian stance here, please DM me I have a bridge for sale.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in the predominantly Muslim nation rises over the war in Gaza.
The president’s office said Sunday that the Cabinet decided to change laws to prevent Israeli passport holders from entering the country and to establish a subcommittee to oversee the process.
It said President Mohamed Muizu will appoint a special envoy to assess the Palestinian needs and to launch a fundraising campaign.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein said in response that the Foreign Ministry recommends Israelis avoid any travel to the Maldives, including those with foreign passports, and those currently there to consider leaving.
Nearly 11,000 Israelis visited Maldives last year, which was 0.6% of the total tourist arrivals.
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To be honest we don't have the laws required to enforce this. This will all depend on how Parliament vote
Based
More countries should do the same.
This should be used by other countries too. Like Thailand!
After seeing that women get arrested for wearing a bikini in the Maldives a few years ago I’m not sure why anyone goes there anyways.
Let Israel finish the fight!
This is good from an economic POV too. Israeli tourists are generally chesp and racist. Just ask India.
Is this not an inherently racist opinion? And not all Israelis support their government's actions. Let's not stoop to the same level as bigots on any side.
One manager at a hotel makes a claim that an indeterminate number of Israeli tourists (as few as 1) stole an indeterminate amount of property (as little as nothing) from his hotel.
And you've decided that this represents the failed moral character of 10 million Israelis?
I am really sick and tired of watching people decide that, because they oppose Israel's attack against Gaza, that they are permitted to spew hatred about Israelis and Jews because of their Religion/Ethnicity/National Origin.
Focus your energy on the actual enemies here: Netanyahu and the IDF. There are millions of Israelis and Jews that oppose what Israel is doing, and this constant stream of hateful rhetoric is keeping these allies at arms length from the rest of the movement, because too many people refuse to have clarity of target.
sorry but this is actually stupid. don't blame the israeli people over the actions of the government - especially when a large number of israelis are protesting against the government.
How is this different from sanctions on Russia? Those mostly harm civilians, and are intended to create political pressure. There's not much anyone can do to only harm Netanyahu.
Well you see, Sanctions are, well, Sanctions. And this? This isn't sanctions. The Maldives are an Islamic Theocracy, and they already hate Israel for reasons that have nothing to do with this conflict. Not surprising that the Country that criminalizes being Jewish would expel Israelis.
Israeli government is elected, and enjoys widespread public support. Which means the Israeli public share the responsibility of this genocide.
This is ubelievably dumb. Israel is not even a democracy. Yes, they may have some democratic laws, but they are also 70+ years under the state of emergency. There isn't free press. Israelis are getting locked up for protesting for peace, for refusing to fight in a apartheid war, even for liking facebook comments supporting Palestine. Aplying collective punishment / collective responsibility under such circumstances (as generally under any circumstances) not only doesn't support the plight of palestinian refugees, it goes against it!
I understand their (Maledives) motivation, but this is not the way. You can't punish all Palestinians for the crimes of the few, nor can you punish all Israelies for the crimes of the many.
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I got you bro
I get your point, but I don't think the ones who protest are the ones vacationing in a luxury island. I assume majority of them are rich or spoilt assholes.
That is exactly the point - I don't think one can use terms like "majority" and "assume" to justify collective punishment, because that is exactly what the Israelis are doing right now.(But I am obviously wrong )
The other options (as I see them are to do nothing and let this happen without comment, or try to specifically target settlers. But I don't think the Maldives are out of line banning all Israelis considering how widespread Israeli settlers are (close to 10% of the population) and the shit they do to Palestinians....
Wait, I thought it was bad to punish civilians for the actions of their government/military.
I fail to see the equivalency between "murder a bunch of people" and "a bunch of people are no longer allowed in a luxury resort".
I fail to see the link between the people murdering Palestinians (The IDF) and the people no longer allowed in the Maldives (Civilians).
IMO the equivalency is in how you've chosen those individuals that don't deserve to live / that are no longer allowed to enter...
What about punishing civilians for the actions of civilians? Close to 10% of the population are illegal settlers, so it makes sense to target the class of people doing the illegal actions.
I would 100% support targeted bans/sanctions against illegal settlers.
