Several Bangladeshis have secretly visited Israel . Although Bangladeshi passport holders are banned from visiting Israel.

Sirajus Salekin
28 May 2021, Wednesday
Last Updated: 1:04 PM

Several Bangladeshis have secretly visited Israel. Among them are doctors, businessmen, movie stars, bloggers and people of various professions. However, even if they use a Bangladeshi passport, there is no information about their travel in the passport. They have used a third country as a route as there is a ban on travel from Bangladesh to Israel. Some have shared their experiences of traveling to Israel on condition of anonymity. Bangladeshi passport holders are banned from visiting Israel. There is no diplomatic relationship between the two countries. Bangladesh did not even recognize Israel as a country.
Recently, the Bangladesh government lifted the ban on visiting Israel from e-passport. However, the ban is written in the machine readable passport. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, the ban on Bangladeshis traveling to Israel is still in force. Palestinian Ambassador to Bangladesh Yusuf Saleh Y Ramadan has expressed frustration over this. Dr. was the first to travel to Israel with a Bangladeshi passport. Shadman Zaman. In 2016, he moved to Israel from London. Later he went to Israel more than once. The country’s influential daily Jerusalem Post has also published news about his trip. After visiting Israel, Shadman declared himself a Jew. Sadman is currently working to establish Israeli relations with Bangladesh. Welcoming the recent amendment to Bangladesh’s passport, he expressed hope that Bangladesh’s relations with Israel could be established by 2025. Dr. A Bangladeshi blogger has traveled to Israel after Shadman. He also went to Israel in 2016 from Australia via Hong Kong. The blogger wrote his travel story on the blog. Israel granted him a visa within two weeks of his application. However, no visa was affixed in the passport. Gave separate papers from the embassy. No seal of arrival or departure to Israel is given in the passport. That paper had to be used as a travel document. As a Bangladeshi, he had to face many questions from the immigration officer to enter Israel, he said. After hearing about his travel experience, many users of the blog have expressed their desire to travel to Israel. There has been a storm of criticism on social media that a Bangladeshi film star couple has visited Israel. They also visited Israel on business in 2016. Pictures of their travel documents have been shared on Facebook from several IDs. As it turns out, The couple was on a four-day visit to Israel from June 17 to June 21, 2016. Regular news of Israel is being published through a Facebook page called ‘Bangladesh Israel Friendship Society’ through social media. From this page, greetings are expressed on behalf of Israel on various national days and festivals of Bangladesh. In addition, the page spreads the news of various scientific discoveries and successes in Israel. The page also promotes how Bangladesh can accelerate development activities using Israel’s experience. The page has been running this campaign since 2016. According to the information given on Facebook, this page is operated from Australia. The goal is to be friendly – An online platform for establishing peace and diplomatic relations. Through this, true information about Israel is presented. The state has taken action against Bangladeshi nationals who have tried to establish personal relations with Israel in the past. BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury was arrested in 2016 on charges of having links with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and engaging in anti-state activities. He has been in jail for almost five years since his arrest. Earlier, in November 2003, Bangladeshi journalist Saleh Chowdhury was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to enter Israel. A recent Al Jazeera documentary reported that Bangladesh had purchased technology from an Israeli company through Hungary. However, the Bangladesh government has denied it. BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury was arrested in 2016 on charges of being involved in anti-state activities. He has been in jail for almost five years since his arrest. Earlier, in November 2003, Bangladeshi journalist Saleh Chowdhury was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to enter Israel. A recent Al Jazeera documentary reported that Bangladesh had purchased technology from an Israeli company through Hungary. However, the Bangladesh government has denied it. BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury was arrested in 2016 on charges of being involved in anti-state activities. He has been in jail for almost five years since his arrest. Earlier, in November 2003, Bangladeshi journalist Saleh Chowdhury was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to enter Israel. A recent Al Jazeera documentary reported that Bangladesh had purchased technology from an Israeli company through Hungary. However, the Bangladesh government has denied it. Information is provided that Bangladesh has purchased. However, the Bangladesh government has denied it. Information is provided that Bangladesh has purchased. However, the Bangladesh government has denied it.
Courtesy: Daily Manab Zamin, Bangladesh 🇧🇩