think of it as a kind of chop lah ........
oh ... and someone I know ... is going to israel for a few years
.....
didn't know that if you can prove that you're going to israel,
they can issue you another seperate passport for you .... cos if
you go to israel and get chopped there, you'll have trouble going
to indonesia, malaysia and brunei the next time ....
yeah.. it's always been like that for as long as i can
remember...
just like malaysians going to Israel, the Israelis will not
stamp on their passports but give them a separate "page" for the
immigration endorsement
this is to prevent them getting arrested when they go home as
the Malaysian passport says the holder cannot travel to
Israel...
i think the same goes for Filipinos going to Iraq because they
are not allowed to travel there