Dhaka:
Within the midst of public anger towards Israel’s actions within the Gaza Strip in Bangladesh, the interim authorities led by Muhammad Yunus has banned its residents to journey to the Jewish state. The Bangladesh authorities has reintroduced the inscription “besides Israel” in its passports, which was eradicated by the Sheikh Hasina authorities in 2021, at a time when Israel was being censored worldwide for its assaults in Gaza.
The Inside Ministry of Bangladesh issued an directive asking the passport and immigration division to revive the sentence “This passport is legitimate for all international locations of the world, besides Israel” in official journey permits for residents who go to overseas, the state information company BSS reported.
“We issued the letter (directive) on April 7,” Nilima Afroze, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Safety of the Ministry of Inside, advised the information company.
Bangladesh’s “besides Israel” coverage
Bangladesh’s main passports used to include a prayer: “This passport is legitimate for all international locations of the world, besides Israel.” He was withdrawn in 2021 in the course of the Awami League authorities directed by Prime Minister, deposed Sheikh Hasina. The authorities at the moment mentioned that they’d not modified their place in the direction of Israel, however the phrase was eradicated from the passport to take care of worldwide requirements of the doc.
“No person from Bangladesh can go to Israel,” and if somebody does, authorized measures can be taken towards that particular person, “the AK Abdul, the nation’s international minister of the nation at the moment, advised Al Jazeera at the moment.
Nevertheless, after the change, the residents of Bangladesh had been allowed to journey to Israel from a 3rd nation if they may acquire a visa, since not one of the 17 authorized acts that govern the immigration guidelines of the nation of southern Asia may impose a bar on journeys.
Anti-Israel protest in Bangladesh
Nevertheless, the dissemination occurred someday after hundreds of protesters met in Dhaka to sentence Israeli actions within the Gaza Strip, carrying tons of of Palestinian flags and slogans as “free and free Palestine.”
The primary protest was held within the middle of Dhaka, Suhrawardy Udyan, close to the primary Dhaka College, and plenty of of them beat the pictures of the president of the USA, Donald Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing them of supporting Israel.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and the Islamic Proper Teams and Events expressed solidarity with the demonstration.
Bangladesh, a Muslim nation of a majority of 170 million folks, doesn’t keep diplomatic relations with Israel, and formally helps an unbiased Palestine.