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Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat (left), signs a joint communique with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 18, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Bahrain changes tune, saying it won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements

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Bahrain will not allow imports from Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, Bahrain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ministry said on Friday, according to a report by the state news agency BNA. The ministry’s statement contradicted the...
Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani and his Israeli counterpart Orit Farkash-Hacohen sign a Memorandum of Understanding on tourism between the two countries, in Jerusalem on Dec. 3, 2020. Credit: Yossi Zamir/GPO.

Israel, Bahrain sign historic tourism agreement in Jerusalem

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Israeli Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen and her Bahraini counterpart Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at a ceremony in Jerusalem on Wednesday. According to Farkash-Hacohen, the MoU, which deals...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashin Al Zayani in Israel on Dec. 2, 2020. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu welcomes Bahraini tourism minister in Jerusalem

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday at his office in Jerusalem with Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashin Al Zayani, who is in Israel until Thursday leading a 40-member...
The flags of the United States, United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain projected on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, on Sept. 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Bahraini trade delegation to arrive in Israel for three-day visit

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A first-of-its-kind Bahraini business and trade delegation was expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday in yet another sign of warming relations between the two countries that was officially declared as part of the...
El Al Flight 971 departing from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Saudi Arabia officially allows Israeli airliners to fly over airspace to UAE, Bahrain

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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that Israeli airliners can use its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Until now, Israeli airliners did not have permanent approval for direct flights to traverse...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi with Bahraini Foreign Minister Al-Zayani at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on Nov. 17, 2020.

Bahrain and Israel agree to open mutual embassies by year’s end

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The foreign ministers of Israel and Bahrain announced that the two countries, which signed normalization agreements in September as part of the Abraham Accords, will open embassies in their respective countries by the end...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani at a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2020. Photo by Menahem Kahana/POOL.

In Jerusalem, Pompeo says normalization deals ‘tell Iran its influence is waning’ in Mideast

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the normalization deals between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are a victory for peace and religious freedom in the Middle East. “These agreements open up...
Bahraini Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, May 31, 2020. Photo: Bahrain News Agency.

Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Al Khalifa dies at 84; Netanyahu extends condolences

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Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died at the age of 84. He passed away at the Mayo Clinic in the United States on Wednesday morning, the Bahrain News Agency reported. King Hamad bin...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani, at the signing of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, Credit: White House/Joyce N. Boghosian.

Abraham’s seeds of peace were planted long ago; now they’re bearing fruit

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When the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates were hastily announced from the White House in a mid-August press conference, Israelis were both caught by surprise and left to guess whether...
Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat (L), signs a joint communique with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 18, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Jerusalem, Manama seal ‘diplomatic, peaceful, friendly’ relations

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Israeli National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Sunday signed a joint communique on the establishment of “diplomatic, peaceful and friendly” relations between Jerusalem and...