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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Bahrain

Iranian demonstrators hold up portraits of the Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and wave Bahraini flags during a protest after the Friday noon prayer in Tehran on May 18, 2012, held in response to a government call to protest a plan to unite Bahrain with Saudi Arabia that Tehran has said is a US plot. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
June 24, 2024, 2:52 pm
Iran, Bahrain agree to discuss restoring ties in latest Gulf-Tehran thaw
Foreign ministers meet on sidelines of summit in Tehran, nearly 8 years after relationship soured over execution of Shiite cleric; move follows Saudi detente with Iran
By AFP
Illustrative: The 40th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 10, 2019. (Amr Nabil/AP)
May 22, 2024, 2:45 pm
Iran attack on Israel looms large as US seeks Gulf backing for missile shield
US officials attending summit in Riyadh are hoping to push Mideast allies to set aside mutual distrust for regional defense project, pointing to success against Tehran last month
By Reuters
Bahrain Crown Prince Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa delivers the keynote address at the opening of the three day IISS Manama Dialogue security conference, in Manama on November 17, 2023. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)
November 22, 2023, 9:39 am
Bahrain government websites briefly inaccessible in cyberattack over Israel-Hamas war
Group calling itself ‘The Flood’ claims hacking of official sites; Manama confirms ‘malicious’ attack, says it didn’t affect gov’t operations; Bahrain has condemned Hamas massacres
By Agencies
Bahrain Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa delivers the keynote address at the opening of the three-day IISS Manama Dialogue security conference, in Manama on November 17, 2023. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)
November 20, 2023, 1:02 pm
Bahrain leader condemns Hamas Oct. 7 onslaught, calls for release of hostages
In address at security conference, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa says international community must work together for peace in Israel and Gaza
By ToI Staff
Bahrain's first-ever ambassador to Israel Khaled Yousif Al-Jalahma (C), his wife and President Isaac Herzog (L) after presenting his credentials at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 14, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
November 2, 2023, 5:25 pm
Bahrain lawmakers vote to recall envoy from Tel Aviv, but Israel says ties stable
Statement by largely powerless parliament says trade frozen, but both Israel’s Foreign Ministry, anonymous senior official stress no formal decision made to pull ambassadors
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Protesters burn an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an Israeli flag during an anti-Israel protest in Istanbul, Turkey, October 20, 2023, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
October 21, 2023, 4:06 am
Anti-Israel demonstrations held across Muslim world amid Israel-Hamas war
Thousands call for ‘the fall of Israel’ at protest in Cairo, as Iranian-backed armed groups in several Arab countries also rally against Jewish state
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Supporters of Palestinian terror group Hamas chant slogans during a protest in support of Gaza in Nablus, in the West Bank on October 18, 2023. (Thomas COEX / AFP)
October 18, 2023, 4:02 pm
Hamas urges attacks on Israelis; Arab world ignores Israeli claims on hospital blast
Even countries allied with Jewish state accuse it of ‘massacre,’ despite IDF airing extensive evidence that errant Palestinian rocket fire hit Al-Ahli’s parking lot
By AFP and ToI Staff
Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sign a security integration and prosperity agreement at the US Department of State on September 13, 2023, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
September 14, 2023, 11:56 am
US and Bahrain seal pact to boost security, economic ties
Blinken says agreement between Washington and Manama, which has frosty ties with Iran, will enable them ‘to even better determine or respond to threats as they arise’
By AFP
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)
September 6, 2023, 1:33 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 6: Would Israeli-Saudi normalization make Biden a ‘useful idiot’?
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman reviews FM Cohen’s Bahrain trip and Tom Friedman’s critique; legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon summarizes the AG-justice minister conflict
By ToI Staff
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani (right) and Ron Klein, deputy director of International Affairs at the Israel Securities Authority, sign a fintech cooperation agreement, Sept. 4, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 5, 2023, 4:56 pm
Israel and Bahrain regulators ink fintech cooperation deal
Israel Securities Authority will work with the Central Bank of Bahrain to provide regulatory guidance and support to fintech entrepreneurs and startups in both countries
By Sharon Wrobel
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
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her inauguration ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2023, 12:57 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 4: AG continues to march to her own drum as justice minister fumes
Political correspondent Tal Schneider on attorney general’s stances, what PM & FM aim to accomplish on overseas trips; religion reporter Canaan Lidor spends a day in south Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
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
Members of the Palestinian Fatah group run to take position during clashes that erupted with Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari, File)
August 6, 2023, 8:37 am
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain urge citizens to leave Lebanon after Palestinian camp clashes
A week of internal fighting between Fatah and Islamist groups in Ein el-Hilweh has left 13 dead, dozens injured and thousands displaced
By AP and ToI Staff
Police inspect the site of a terrorist shooting attack in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, August 1, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 12:59 pm
Daily Briefing Aug 2 — Terror at Ma’ale Adumim
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on Hezbollah’s escalations in north; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on unique surgery to save newborn’s ovaries, cookies to cure food allergies
By ToI Staff
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