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Bahrain, Israel and the United States issued a tripartite statement on Friday announcing that an agreement had been reached to normalize diplomatic relations between Manama and the Hebrew state, following a phone call between the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the president American Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The statement said Bahrain will join in the signing ceremony of the agreement to normalize relations between the UAE and Israel, scheduled for Tuesday, September 15.
Bahrain andIsrael There was no agreement to establish full diplomatic relations, according to a tripartite statement issued by them and the United States, in a historic step that is the second in less than a month after a similar agreement between The Emirates and the Hebrew State.
The statement says that US President Donald Trump contacted Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “during which they agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Israel. and the Kingdom of Bahrain “.
Trump announces peace agreement between Israel and Bahrain
Before the statement, Trump announced on Friday that Bahrain and Israel were moving towards normalizing their relations.
Trump, who is achieving major diplomatic success on the brink of a presidential election in which he seeks to win a second term, tweeted “a new historic gap today.”
“Our two great friends, Israel and Bahrain, reached a peace agreement,” he said.
The normalization of relations between Israel and America’s allies in the Middle East, including gulf countriesAn important objective within Trump’s regional strategy to contain Tehran, the enemy of Washington and the embittered Hebrew state.
Netanyahu announces normalization of relations with Bahrain
At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was declaring the same from Jerusalem.
“Citizens of Israel, I am pleased to inform you that tonight we reached another peace agreement with another Arab country, Bahrain. This agreement adds to the historic peace with the United Arab Emirates,” he said in a statement published in Hebrew.
A joint statement between the three countries, posted by Trump on his Twitter account, indicated that Bahrain will join the long-awaited signing ceremony in Washington on Tuesday, in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Why does Bahrain need to normalize relations with Israel?
Israel, Bahrain and other regional countries share close positions towards Iran, and Manama accuses Tehran of using the Bahraini Shiites against the existing monarchy.
Trump optimism
Trump believed, in brief statements from the Oval Office, that the situation would develop positively in the interests of the Palestinians without presenting concrete evidence.
“I think a lot of good things will happen for the Palestinians,” he said.
The Republican billionaire had walked away from the Palestinian Authority since his arrival in the White House by adopting a series of decisions in favor of Israel, seeking to satisfy the important evangelical Christian groups within his electoral base.
Palestinian condemnation
On Friday, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas condemned the announcement of the normalization of relations between Israel and Bahrain.
Palestinian Social Development Minister Ahmed Majdalani told France-Presse news agency that the agreement “constitutes a new stab on the side of the Palestinian cause and a stab in the back of the people.” Hamas denounced what it described as “aggression” and “serious damage” to the Palestinian cause.
Following the announcement of the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in mid-August, the Palestinians accused Abu Dhabi of treason and of violating the Arab consensus that normalization with Israel must be preceded by a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
During US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Manama in late August, the King of Bahrain renewed his country’s support for the establishment of a Palestinian state, in a position that seemed to rule out Washington’s call to normalize relations with Israel. in the foreseeable future.
For its part, the United Arab Emirates welcomed the agreement, and the joint statement indicated that Bahrain will join the long-awaited signing ceremony in Washington on Tuesday, in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
This agreement makes Bahrain the fourth country, after the United Arab Emirates and Jordan in 1994 and Egypt in 1979, to establish diplomatic relations with the Hebrew state.
France 24 / AFP
