From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 14, 2022
Bennett lands in Bahrain on first visit by an Israeli prime minister
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTal Schneider is a Political Correspondent at The Times of Israel
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has landed in Bahrain for a 24-hour visit.
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He is expected to meet Bahrain’s ruler, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and the country’s crown prince and prime minister, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa.
Before taking off, Bennett said the visit would be exciting and send a message to the world of “cooperation, goodwill and a joint stance against threats.”
The trip is the first to Bahrain by an Israeli prime minister. The two countries normalized relations in September 2020, as part of the Trump Administration-brokered Abraham Accords.
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