The parliament decided to ban Alusi from travelling outside Iraq or attending sessions of the assembly, and has also decided to take legal action against him for visiting the Jewish state, the correspondent reported.

The decision against Alusi, the only member of his own independent political party in the parliament, was taken by acclamation.

Alusi's trip to Israel last week was his second since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. He previously visited Israel in September 2004.