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A group of lawmakers are seeking to criminalise all forms of , Algerie PresseÌýreported on Tuesday.

The bill, submitted by the party, also includes the prohibition of travel to Israel, as well as all forms of direct and indirect contact.

An MSP representative, Youcef Adjissa, said that he "filed the bill to the presidency of parliament, on behalf of his party’s group of deputies," in a statement to the Turkish Anadolu agency.

Adjissa also said that his party’s parliamentary bloc tried to include other groups in the submission of the billÌýbut failed to receive a response.

The MSP is Algeria’s largest with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. It alsoÌýforms the largest opposition bloc in the North African country’s parliament.

Algerian MPÌýAmira Selim submitted a similar bill in January last year, but plans for the bill’s approval fell through as Algerian President dissolved parliament in February of the same year.

Adjissa stated that he lodged the bill to coincide with , which commemorates the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the creation of Israel in 1948.

The draft bill includes seven articles, which include prohibition of opening representative offices in .

The bill requires a majority of the first chamber of in order to be approved, and would then be referred to the second chamber for a final approval.

Algeria does not have any diplomatic or commercial ties with Israel, and has consistently expressed officialÌý.

In December last year, President Tebboune pledged to Palestinians "in keeping with Algeria's revolutionary history and the entire Algerian people's commitment to support the just Palestinian cause under all circumstances".