Three years after establishing diplomatic ties with the country, West Jerusalem has set up shop in Bahrain
Three years after normalising relations with the tiny Arab nation, Israel has gained a fresh diplomatic foothold in the Persian Gulf region by constructing a new embassy in Bahrain.
Eli Cohen, the Israeli foreign minister, was present at the opening ceremony for the embassy in Manama on Monday. He and Abdullatif Al Zayani, his Bahraini counterpart, decided to cooperate to promote investment, travel, and trade between their nations.
The ceremony’s opening of the embassy “signifies our shared commitment to security and prosperity for all the peoples of our region,” according to Al Zayani. In September 2020, Israel and Bahrain established diplomatic ties as a result of the Abraham Accords, which were mediated by the US and supported by then-President Donald Trump.
The Fifth Fleet of the US Navy is based in Bahrain, which followed the United Arab Emirates in reestablishing diplomatic ties with Israel. Later, the Abraham Accords were ratified by Sudan and Morocco.
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According to Cohen, as Israel and Bahrain’s collaboration grows, trade between the two nations, which more than doubled last year, is expected to increase. “This is an exciting moment for me, which indicates the warming relations between the countries,” he declared. “I will keep working so that more Israeli embassies can have mezuzahs installed,” the activist declared.
On Sunday, Cohen landed in Bahrain at the head of an Israeli group that included officials from more than 30 businesses. He met Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Monday morning before the embassy ceremony. The Israeli minister stated, “I congratulated him for his leadership in organising the Abraham Accords, which altered the Middle East’s landscape and contributed to the stability and prosperity of the region’s peoples.
Washington hasn’t been successful in getting Saudi Arabia, Bahrain’s larger neighbour, to normalise ties with West Jerusalem. Last month, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan admitted that reaching an agreement with Riyadh was still a long way off.
In order to join the Abraham Accords, Saudi Arabia reportedly requested US security guarantees and assistance in expanding its nuclear power industry. Saudi Arabia has consistently denounced the intensifying fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.
