Israeli Prime Minister ‘Naftali Bennett‘ became the first-ever to visit Israeli, Prime Minister visit Bahrain and met with a high level of officials in order to shred a concern about Iran.
This visit was planned for 17 months. Their relations get normal and bilateral ties to end after decades, and they established their relations under a 2020 US-sponsored deal that attempts to build a coalition against Iran.
However, their visit showed normalization of ties with the country by several Arab states. At the same time, visits sparked some minor protests in Bahrain in solidarity with the Palestinians regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
According to Bennett in an interview on Monday, in this turbulent era, it is crucial that our region, in particular, sends a message of cooperation and goodwill and standing against threats together.
The Israeli prime minister’s visit to Bahrainis only one piece of a more giant and more complex puzzle. This overarching issue involves the Israel-Palestine conflict and the decade of bilateral relations between Israel and Arab states connected to the matter.
The two countries’ commitment to fighting against Iran’s common enemy makes sense; however, the visit symbolizes more than that. During their visit, Palestinians are still facing identity erasure, which Israelis cause when they are pushed out from their country.
Arab states ought to continue to acknowledge this. The leaders of Bahrain can use their relationship with Israel to stand up for Palestinians and their right to their own identity and country.
Israel and Arab states have faced conflict for decades because of disagreements regarding the Israel-Palestine war. Years later issue got more complicated.
This meeting between the two countries offered the normalization of ties between Israel and Bahrain, as well as between other Arab countries.
The meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister and high-level officials in Bahrain shows their efforts to stand united against Iran. After decades of tensions, this meeting demonstrates the thawing and reformation of relations between Israel and the Arab states.
However, the meeting does not indicate reflect the interests of all of Bahrain, as some communities stand with the Palestinian, while the future is not predictable and the Israeli-Palestine conflict is complex and their non-stop reaching efforts upon the entire Middle-Eastern region.