Muscat - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Shura Council in the Sultanate of Oman referred today, Monday, a bill amending Article 1 of the Boycott Israel Law to the Legislative and Legal Committee to complete the procedural aspects.

The deputy speaker of the Omani Shura Council, Yaqoub Al-Harthy, said, in statements published by Oman News Agency, after the end of the regular session, that the proposal expands the scope of the boycott stipulated in the aforementioned article, and leads to "an expansion of criminalization and an expansion of the boycott of this entity."

He pointed out that the law in its current form "prohibits dealing with the Israeli entity, whether for individuals or legal persons.

And that "the brothers, Your Excellencies (members of the Shura Council who applied for the request) looked at the development taking place, whether it was technical, cultural, economic or sports, and proposed additional amendments that include severing any economic, sports or cultural relations, and prohibiting dealing in any way or means, whether It was a real meeting (or) an electronic meeting (or) something else.