Strict vetting for Israeli dual citizenship..

Either to represent as Major World Sport Sponsors or World Islamic Leaders!

No country would accept foreign criminals (Israel) on the GCC soils....

a daringly coward act in using the privilege of dual passport/citizenship).

What do they think Mossad (or the CIA or MI6) do? Are they so daft as to think that these organizations only work within their own national borders?

They have every right to be upset it happened in their country (but then that begs the point that if you don't want stuff like this happening in your country, you shouldn't give safe harbor to such individuals). But it's not their job to talk about the "disrespect" of the countries whose passports were used in this assassination. I suspect most of those countries are actually quite thankful that Al Mabhouh was taken out, so while they must make some sort of gesture to make it seem like they are not pleased with their citizens' identities being stolen, a slap on the wrist is all it will ever amount to.

I wonder if with this announcement they are effectively saying they will not allow Israeli athletes and conference attendees into the country for events they host. Because that would entail them losing out on hosting rights for some fairly major events.

And how exactly does one profile a suspected Israeli dual citizen? Will they refuse any Jewish person with a strange accent? Personally, I think they'll have a hard time profiling Israelis because they don't all look the same. You've got ashkenazi and sephardic backgrounds so a fairly wide range of heritages and looks.

"I wish I could drink like a lady. I can take one or two at the most. Three and I'm under the table. Four and I'm under the host"

-- Dorothy Parker

Officially Israeli citizens can't run their business in Dubai and while I was there one of my regular customers was an Israeli and he was running a very profitable, hassle free business there. I wonder if he is still there.

"Live with passion, Die with style"

enough to open their eyes...anyways crime rate is increasing in UAE.

Thats a tit for tat exercise. Nevertheless, Dubai have a sovereign rights to speak and impose their own law on this. We don't expect many people to applause when a terrorist get killed but at least not to point fingers in a senseless direction.

The similar case may be with Qatar or all GCC countrees as well.

Abu Dhabi: Dubai will exercise caution in admitting Israeli dual citizenship holders into the country, the Chief of Dubai Police said on Monday.

Earlier, Israeli dual citizens could easily enter the UAE. However, officials will now vet them before granting them entry, Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, has said.

Speaking on the assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, Dahi said it was likely that all suspects in the case had returned to Israel in a bid to evade arrest.

He condemned Israel for bringing its troubles into the UAE and for insulting western countries through the fraudulent use of their passports in the assassination Al Mabhouh in Dubai on January 20.

"Israel must not carry out its assassinations on our land. When it has a conflict with another country, Israel should deal with it on their land or the other country's but not here on our land," Dahi said yesterday.

He said Mossad should stay within Israel as the UAE had never carried out attacks in their country or provoked them.

"[With this crime] they have offended and disrespected not just us but also Britain, Australia, Germany and New Zealand... [through the fraudulent use of their passports]. And that is just unacceptable," Dahi said.

Dahi was speaking to the press on the sidelines of the International Security National Resilience Exhibition and Conference.

"Earlier, Israeli dual citizens could easily enter the country even if officials recognised them as Israelis from their accents and traits," he said.

"But [from] now on they will be carefully scrutinised, regardless of what passport they hold."

The Dubai Police Chief added that this did not mean anyone would be mistreated. He said immigration officers are to undergo intensive training to study Israeli people and identify their traits, accents, body language and manners.

Source : gulfnews.com