 Under the 1954 Israeli Prevention of Infiltration Law, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and Yemen are designated "enemy states" and an Israeli citizen may not visit them without a special permit issued by the Israeli Interior Ministry.There has been a general suspension of this ban for Egypt and Jordan since the signing of the respective peace accords with these countries in 1978 and 1994 and removed from the list; however, Iran was added after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.Fifteen countries that do not recognize the state of Israel also do not admit Israeli passport holders