Bahraini Delegation Arrives in Tel Aviv
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and his accompanying delegation were received by the Israeli foreign minister, Gabi Ashkenazi, according to Bahrain’s foreign ministry.
It is the first trip by a Bahraini official to occupied Palestine.
The ministry quoted Al Zayani as saying that the trip was a “brave step that the government of Bahrain has taken for realization of security, stability and progress.”
He added that during the visit, steps will be taken for “joint cooperation in various fields”.
The Bahraini foreign minister also said more such visits will be made in the future.
On September 11, US President Donald Trump announced that Bahrain was following the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in normalizing ties with Israel.
Four days later, Netanyahu signed agreements with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani during an official ceremony hosted by Trump at the White House.
Palestinians, who seek an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital, have condemned the deals as a betrayal of their cause against the Israeli occupation.
Bahrain’s main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has denounced the deal as an “ultimate betrayal of Islam and Arabs and a departure from the Islamic, Arab and national consensus.”
It has said the Israel-Bahrain agreement is void of any legitimacy whatsoever.
