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Israeli Minister of Tourism Orit Farkash-Hacohen welcomes Bahraini delegation of key stakeholders in the tourism industry, led by Minister of Economy and Tourism Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, at Ben Gurion Airport on December 1, 2020 (Courtesy)
December 1, 2020, 6:37 am
Second Bahraini minister in two weeks arrives in Israel to expand trade ties
During three-day visit, Manama’s Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed R. Alzayani set to meet Netanyahu, Ashkenazi and three other cabinet members
By Raphael Ahren
(L to R) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, all mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, arrive for a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. (Menahem KAHANA / POOL / AFP)
November 25, 2020, 9:35 pm
Netanyahu won’t visit Bahrain next week, reportedly at kingdom’s request
After PM accepts invitation to visit Gulf state, Manama asks for delay until later in December so he can package it with UAE visit; FM Ashkenazi’s trip to Manama also postponed
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
(L to R) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, all mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, arrive for a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. (Menahem KAHANA / POOL / AFP)
November 24, 2020, 11:46 am
Netanyahu says Bahraini crown prince invited him to Manama in ‘near future’
A week after first-ever visit to Jewish state by Gulf island’s foreign minister, PM says he will accept invitation ‘with pleasure’
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
An El Al airliner carrying Israeli and US delegations to Abu Dhabi for talks takes off from Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, August 31, 2020. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
November 23, 2020, 8:25 pm
UAE to open to Israelis in coming weeks, before visa-waiver deal takes effect
As mutual program will take at least 30 days to begin, Foreign Ministry says Emiratis will allow airlines to grant permits electronically; El Al announces flights from December 13
By TOI staff
An Etihad Airways plane carrying a delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a first official visit, lands at at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on October 20, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
November 22, 2020, 5:05 pm
Israel ratifies visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with Arab state
Netanyahu hails agreement as boost for reciprocal tourism; misleadingly says Sudan abstained on anti-Israel UN resolution when instead it was absent from vote on Israeli resolution
By Raphael Ahren
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani speaks during a press conference with the US Secretary of State and Prime Minister Netanyahu after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem, November 18, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool/Flash90)
November 19, 2020, 11:05 am
If I forget thee? Bahrain claims its minister’s Jerusalem talks were in Tel Aviv
FM al-Zayani spent 12 hours in Israel’s capital on Wednesday without uttering its name; his ministry also omitted any mention of the city, falsely reporting on talks in Tel Aviv
By Raphael Ahren
From left to right: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 18, 2020, 6:32 pm
In Jerusalem, Bahrain FM urges Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks
Conflict ‘needs to be resolved’ based on two-state solution, al-Zayani says during first Israel trip, as Netanyahu hails ‘important milestone’ on the road to peace in the region
By Raphael Ahren
FM Ashkenazi, right, welcomes Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 18, 2020 (Miri Shimonovich/MFA)
November 18, 2020, 2:45 pm
As Bahrain FM visits Israel, countries agree to open embassies by year’s end
Gulf kingdom’s Foreign Minister Al-Zayani compares his ‘historic’ one-day trip to Jerusalem with Anwar Sadat’s breakthrough visit to Israel in 1977
By Raphael Ahren
FM Ashkenazi, left, welcomes Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani to Israel, November 18, 2020 (Miri Shimonovich/MFA)
November 18, 2020, 6:53 am
Bahrain FM lands in Israel for first-ever ministerial visit from Gulf nation
Flying in on first Gulf Air flight to Tel Aviv, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani to participate in tripartite meeting with Netanyahu and US Secretary Pompeo
By Raphael Ahren
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani delivers a statement upon the arrival of a US-Israeli delegation in the Bahrain International Airport on October 18, 2020. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
November 16, 2020, 9:15 pm
Bahrain confirms foreign minister’s upcoming visit to Israel
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani and US Secretary of State Pompeo to hold talks with Netanyahu; officials hope aviation agreement will be signed
By TOI staff, Jacob Magid and AFP
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani delivers a statement upon the arrival of a US-Israeli delegation in the Bahrain International Airport on October 18, 2020. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
November 16, 2020, 12:32 am
Bahrain ministers said making first official visit to Israel for three-way talks
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al- Zayani and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to hold talks with Netanyahu; officials hope aviation agreement will be signed
By TOI staff
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