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Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (left) meets with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman Al Khalifa in Manama's Gudaibiya Palace, September 4, 2023 (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
September 4, 2023, 5:04 pm
FM Cohen to Bahraini crown prince: We expect normalization with more Arab states
Israel’s top diplomat tours headquarters of US Fifth Fleet, inaugurates new embassy during trip to Manama; Bahrain’s top diplomat reiterates backing for two-state solution
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2023, 12:02 pm
After 9 months without high-level visits, FM Cohen heads to Bahrain
Foreign minister to meet king, Bahraini counterpart, and inaugurate embassy in Manama, after trip was delayed in wake of Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif al Zayani open Israel’s embassy in Manama, on September 30, 2021. (Shlomi Amsallem/GPO)
September 30, 2021, 10:58 pm
Lapid inaugurates Israeli embassy in Bahrain
At ceremony in Manama with his Bahraini counterpart, FM says ‘Israel made a major, historical step today in the Gulf’
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with Bahraini King Hamid bin Issa al Khalifa at his palace in Manama on September 30, 2021. (Shlomi Amsallem/GPO)
September 30, 2021, 5:07 pm
Lapid holds landmark meetings with Bahrain’s king, crown prince
Foreign minister opens Manama visit with private discussion with his counterpart, signs series of framework agreements
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) is received by his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif Al Zayani at the airport in Manama, Bahrain, September 30, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
September 30, 2021, 11:33 am
Lapid lands in Bahrain on landmark trip to open embassy, sign agreements
1st visit to Gulf country by minister since diplomatic relations established; nations to confirm water, environment, sport deals; direct Manama-Tel Aviv flights launched
By Lazar Berman
The UAE's first ambassador to Israel, Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah, arrives to presents his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on March 1, 2021. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
July 11, 2021, 9:34 pm
UAE to open Israel embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday
President Herzog to attend ceremony, which comes weeks after Lapid inaugurates missions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid shakes hands with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/Government Press Office via AP)
July 1, 2021, 6:37 am
Playing Joshua to Bibi’s Moses, Lapid looks to take UAE ties into promised land
In first major trip in new role, foreign minister charms hosts and opens ‘bottleneck’ to new agreements, apparently held up by Netanyahu’s desire to secure limelight for himself
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) and Ilan Shtulman, consul general in Dubai (C) at the opening of Israel's new consulate in Dubai, June 30, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
June 30, 2021, 1:06 pm
Lapid inaugurates Dubai consulate: ‘Symbolizes our ability to change the world’
Foreign minister closes 2-day trip to UAE by opening Israeli mission in the emirate after touring Dubai Expo 2020; says new allies created peace for the next generation
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) and his Emirati counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet at the UAE Foreign Ministry in Abu Dhabi, on June 29, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
June 29, 2021, 10:45 pm
Lapid in UAE: Palestinians must want progress before Arab states can help
Foreign minister meets Emirati counterpart in Abu Dhabi, inks economic and trade deal; says Gulf country could play role in peace process in future
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during the inauguration of the Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi, June 29, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
June 29, 2021, 2:25 pm
Lapid inaugurates UAE embassy on 1st official visit, thanks Netanyahu and Trump
Foreign minister calls on all countries in region to ‘come talk to us’; Emirati culture minister closes her speech with Hebrew greeting
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset, on June 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 29, 2021, 6:58 am
Nearly year after ties normalized, top Israeli diplomat finally visits UAE
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to meet with Emirati counterpart, open new embassy in Abu Dhabi, clinching visit that Netanyahu reportedly coveted for himself
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meet in Rome, June 27, 2021 (Stefano Meloni, Israel Embassy Rome)
June 27, 2021, 9:36 pm
Lapid to Blinken: Mistakes were made in US-Israel relationship, we’ll fix them
In Rome, new foreign minister tells US counterpart that Jerusalem has ‘serious reservations’ about Iran nuclear deal, but promises to express them quietly
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and then-Opposition chairman Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021. (Yair Lapid/Twitter)
June 27, 2021, 6:43 am
Lapid set for first meetings with top US, Bahraini diplomats in Rome
Sit-down with Antony Blinken likely to focus on Iran and Palestinians; meeting with Manama’s Zayani comes ahead of Lapid’s Tuesday trip to UAE to inaugurate embassy
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Travellers at Ben Gurion International Airport on April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 23, 2021, 9:13 am
Israel, Bahrain ink ‘unprecedented’ travel corridor deal for the vaccinated
Those carrying a ‘Green Pass’ will be free to travel between nations without quarantine; FM Ashkenazi says more countries will join soon
By ToI Staff
(From R-L) Susan Pompeeo, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and aide Aryeh Lightstone at Ben Gurion Airport, Lod, on November 20, 2020. (State Department/Twitter)
November 20, 2020, 7:16 pm
If I forget thee (part II): Closing out trip, Pompeo ‘wheels up from Jerusalem’
US secretary of state tweets photo of himself departing from Ben Gurion Airport, outside Tel Aviv; writes that he is leaving from Jerusalem, Israel’s ‘eternal capital’
By ToI Staff
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