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The world – the occupation
The official broadcaster quoted an anonymous official as saying: “We are talking about relationships that have been under the radar for 20 years, and now there is an opportunity to bring them to light.”
Earlier on Sunday, a plane carrying an “Israeli” delegation accompanied by US officials took off from David Ben Gurion airport in “Tel Aviv”, en route to the Bahraini capital Manama, to sign a diplomatic agreement to open two embassies.
The Yediot Aharonot newspaper said: “The Israeli delegation is headed by National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabat, while the US delegation is headed by Secretary of the Treasury (Finance) Stephen Mnuchin, and also includes Avi Berkovitch, adviser to the President. American Donald Trump.
The plane will fly through Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, on a direct flight.
Last month, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain decided to normalize their relations with the Israeli occupation, in a move that was met with widespread Palestinian condemnation from prominent leaders and factions such as Hamas, Fatah and Islamic Jihad, while the Palestinian leaders considered it, through a statement, a betrayal by the Emirates of Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and the Palestinian cause. It was also met with a widespread rejection of Islamic and Arab streets, and the flag of the United Arab Emirates and images of bin Zayed were burned in many Islamic countries.
