'They shouldn't get a cent of American dollars or a single US tourist until they reverse course.'
Share on email U.S. lawmakers are crafting legislation aimed at stopping the Maldives from banning Israel i passport holders from entering the country, Axios has learned. is developing legislation that would condition U.S. aid to the Maldives on allowing Israel i passport holders into the country, a source familiar with the matter told Axios.
Gottheimer, one of Israel's most steadfast defenders in Congress, is working with colleagues in both parties on the bill, which will be called the Protecting Allied Travel Here Act, the source said.Muizzi also appointed a special envoy to "assess Palestinian needs" and set up a fundraising campaign to provide aid to Gaza in a campaign called "Maldivians in Solidarity with Palestine.
Nearly 11,000 Israelis visited the country last year, accounting for 0.6 percent of the Maldives' foreign tourist arrivals, according to the"Taxpayer dollars shouldn't be sent to a foreign nation that has banned all Israeli citizens — one of our greatest democratic allies," Gottheimer said in a statement.
"The Maldives travel ban of all Israeli citizens is nothing but a blatant act of Jew hatred. They shouldn't get a cent of American dollars or a single US tourist until they reverse course."The U.S. sent roughly $36 million in financial assistance to the Maldives between 2019 and 2023, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department.
The funds are to "strengthen democratic institutions, civil society, fiscal transparency, maritime security, counterterrorism, and law enforcement," per theShare on linkedin
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