Haniyeh meets Bahraini opposition for the first time: unite against normalization

The axis of normalization dropped a list of warnings on the Palestinian resistance. After the UAE and Bahrain signed their agreements with Israel, Palestinian factions came to see that they were in a position to force themselves to avoid provoking and disrupting the Emirati and Saudi regimes, as an option that is no longer feasible. The new approach translates into a greater commitment to coordinating at the table with the various forces of the axis of resistance in the region, in a path that is supposed to take an ascending form, since despite the sensitivity of an issue Similarly in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Manama, the Hamas leadership held meetings with leaders of the Bahraini opposition. , It is the first of its kind.

In Bahrain, where the last episodes of the chain of normalization take place, the authorities failed to conceal the scope of the rejection of the regime’s actions, which manifested itself in the form of explicit statements by intellectuals, religious scholars and street protests. However, the most prominent in the popular movement that rejected normalization was the opposition forces, who claim that the protest movement will not diminish over time, but will expand, and this is what I told the Palestinians I met. .
According to Al-Akhbar sources, last week’s meetings in Beirut brought together leaders of Bahrain’s opposition forces, including forces that consider Manama to be “extremist”, with leaders of “Hamas”, “Jihad”, the “Popular Front”, “Fatah” and “the Liberation Organization”. A source from the “February 14 Coalition” stated that a meeting brought together coalition leaders and the head of the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, last week, during which Haniyeh “expressed his appreciation for the position of the Bahraini people in solidarity with Palestine.” He stressed that “normalization with the Zionist entity will not go unnoticed by the peoples of the region.” Haniyeh called for “the unity of the national and Islamic position against to the fight for the Zionist project in the region. “The meeting was attended by Saleh al-Arouri, deputy director of the political bureau, and Osama Hamdan, a member of the movement’s political bureau. According to Hamas sources, Haniyeh also met with a leading delegation of the Bahrain Al-Wefaq Association.

Abu Zainab: The meetings will be “the beginning of a new phase of serious engagement with the Gulf fever.”

In a similar meeting last Friday with the secretary general of “Islamic Jihad”, Ziyad Nakhaleh, the latter heard confirmation of the popular position rejecting normalization, while Nakhaleh stressed the importance of “unity between Shiites and Sunnis in defending the problems of the nation and its sanctities “, considering that” the Arab regimes are fighting. ” Towards normalization, like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, they only express their own regimes and their own interests, and that the people have nothing to do with these cowardly and treacherous policies to the nation. “
Abu Zainab, leader of the “February 14 Coalition” (a meeting of revolutionary forces against the Bahraini regime), told Al-Akhbar that these meetings will be “the beginning of a new phase of serious engagement with the Gulf race. towards the Zionist entity. ” He added: “The people of Bahrain will not abandon the Palestinian problem, regardless of the oppression and restrictions on it, nor will they side with the resistance forces to oppose the American and Israeli project in the region.” Possible and available means of resistance “.
The wave of protests to escalate
Since the UAE announced normalization with Israel, waves of angry people have followed in Bahrain against this step. The various political and religious forces in the country expressed a position of rejection and called on citizens to adhere to the boycott of Israel, considering the latter as “the first enemy of the nation.” With the rapid incorporation of the Bahrain regime, which has a history of security cooperation with Tel Aviv, on the path of normalization, the wave of anger intensified, resulting in strict positions “on national and national law. to abandon normalization projects “and demands a commitment to a comprehensive boycott.
Although the protests quickly appeared on the street, Bahraini opposition sources do not rule out that the unrest among elites and popular segments leads to a series of protests on the rise, as witnessed in recent days in some areas, where protesters They came out with banners denouncing normalization and chants of slogans that salute the Palestinian resistance. Meanwhile, political associations issued statements denouncing the normalization. The Bahrain Society to Resist Normalization with the Zionist Enemy called for confronting the measure and resisting it “by all legitimate means”, and urged the government to withdraw because the measure “would harm Bahrain, its people and the Palestinian people.”

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