Palestinian Groups Denounce Bahrain for Hosting Israeli FM
In a joint statement released on Friday, the Palestinian groups, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Resistance Committees, said the blatant move by certain Arab and Muslim countries’ regimes to allow inauguration of Israeli embassies in the countries runs counter to the wishes and demands of Arab and Muslim nations who yearn for the liberation of Palestine from Israeli occupation, Anadolu Agency reported.
The statement said such move will only boost the nations’ disappointment and revulsion of the regimes, adding that Israel would not be able to save those regimes.
The Palestinian groups went on to say that the opening of the Israeli embassy in Manama was a betrayal of Islam, Arab identity, and the people of Bahrain and Palestine.
The Israeli regime’s embassy in Manama was inaugurated amid protests of different Bahraini groups and figures against normalization.
The embassy inauguration was attended by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif al-Zayani on Thursday.
It was the first official visit of Lapid to Bahrain after the inking of the normalization agreement, known as the Abraham Accords.
The Abraham Accords were signed at the White House in September 2020 between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. Morocco and Sudan later signed normalization agreements with the Israeli regime as well. Palestinians have denounced the normalization deals, describing them as a “stab in the back”.
