An Israeli member of Knesset ( parliament) embarked on a visit to Syria on Thursday, despite a ban on Israeli lawmakers from traveling to enemy states.
Said Nafaa, MK of the Arab nationalist political party National Democratic Assembly (Balad), was part of a 330-member religious Druse delegation visiting holy sites in Syria, according to local daily Jerusalem Post.
Nafaa's office said that the trip was meant to maintain contact between Druse in Syria and in Israel, as well as between Syrian and Israeli Arabs.
However, Israeli Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit recently rejected a request by Nafaa to allow the delegation make a pilgrimage to the grave of Nabi Habil in Syria due to security concerns, according to the report.
Israeli lawmakers and citizens are legally forbidden from traveling to Syria and Lebanon, which are deemed enemy states.
Last year, Balad MKs Bishara, Wasal Taha and Jamal Zahalka, along with two former MKs were investigated for a trip they made to Lebanon and Syria not long after the Second Lebanon War.
Source: Xinhua
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