Tag: Israel-Bahrain Relations
Bahrain changes tune, saying it won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements
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...
Israel, Bahrain sign historic tourism agreement in Jerusalem
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...
Netanyahu welcomes Bahraini tourism minister in Jerusalem
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...
Bahraini trade delegation to arrive in Israel for three-day visit
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...
Saudi Arabia officially allows Israeli airliners to fly over airspace to UAE, Bahrain
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...
Bahrain and Israel agree to open mutual embassies by year’s end
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...
In Jerusalem, Pompeo says normalization deals ‘tell Iran its influence is waning’ in Mideast
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 Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Al Khalifa dies at 84; Netanyahu extends condolences
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...
Abraham’s seeds of peace were planted long ago; now they’re bearing fruit
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...
Jerusalem, Manama seal ‘diplomatic, peaceful, friendly’ relations
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...