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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

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
US President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, January 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 17, 2023, 11:43 pm
‘Without further delay’: Calling Qatari Emir, Biden steps up pressure for hostage deal
Israel said to reject proposed deal that would separate mothers and children, insists Gaza terror groups release them together; Hamas warns Israel not to drag its feet
By Jacob Magid 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
Likud party chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu, left, receives the mandate to form a new government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 13, 2022; Bahrain's Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa pays his respects at the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90; Sarah Meyssonnier/ Pool via AP)
November 13, 2022, 10:49 pm
Netanyahu speaks to Bahrain crown prince of ‘great opportunities’ for cooperation
Presumptive incoming prime minister agrees to continue close cooperation, invites Bahraini counterpart to visit Israel, his office says
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa at his palace in Manama on February 15, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
February 15, 2022, 12:31 pm
Bennett meets Bahrain king and crown prince, urges ‘peace between people’
PM praises relations between Bahraini and Israeli governments during meeting with ministers, says goal of trip ‘is to mold more content into the Abraham Accords’
By Tal Schneider
Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at his palace in Manama, on February 3, 2022. (Courtesy/Kingdom of Bahrain)
February 3, 2022, 8:42 pm
Gantz’s Bahrain visit signals to Iran the alliance against it is growing and public
Defense minister says Israel looking to work with Manama and other ‘moderates’ in the region to combat shared threats, as US shifts focus to Ukraine and Russia
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) and Bahraini Minister of Defense Affairs Abdullah Bin Hassan Al Nuaimi shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding at the Bahraini defense headquarters, on February 3, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
February 3, 2022, 4:07 pm
Israel signs security memorandum with Bahrain, its 2nd with an Arab nation
Defense minister Gantz meets king, crown prince during visit to Manama as two countries shore up ties amid growing threats from Iran
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Benny Gantz stands alongside his Bahraini counterpart, Abdulla bin Hasan Al Nuaimi, after landing in Manama on February 2, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
February 2, 2022, 3:48 pm
Gantz lands in Bahrain to sign security agreements, in first official visit
Defense minister to meet top officials, including the king, during his lightning visit to the Gulf country; will also visit US Navy’s 5th Fleet
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chat as they attend an evening reception to mark the opening day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, November 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)
November 2, 2021, 8:59 pm
In Glasgow, world leaders seek new way forward on Iran — Israeli official
Government source says diplomatic ‘speed dates’ between Bennett, heads of state were marked success, avoided Palestinian issue; PM to visit India early next year
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
November 2, 2021, 2:53 pm
Bennett meets India’s Modi, Bahrain’s crown prince for first time
At COP26 in Glasgow, prime minister calls Modi ‘most popular person in Israel,’ holds highest-level talks with Bahraini official to date
By Lazar Berman
Ultra-Orthodox Jews at the scene of a deadly crush during Lag BaOmer festival at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, April 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
April 30, 2021, 11:26 am
Global leaders, Jewish groups express ‘shock’ and ‘heartbreak’ at Meron tragedy
Messages of solidarity and support pour in from US, Britain, Germany, EU, India, Jordan, UAE, Bahrain and beyond
By Lazar Berman
Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa​ listens as then-US president Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, on September 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 25, 2021, 4:02 pm
Bahrain crown prince calls Netanyahu regarding US-Iran nuclear talks
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa speaks with Israeli PM, says negotiations with Tehran should ‘include broader issues’; Netanyahu once again invited to visit kingdom when pandemic eases
By AP
(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
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, on May 21, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
September 24, 2020, 9:58 pm
Bahrain king calls for ‘intensified efforts’ to implement two-state solution
At UN, Hamad hails normalization with Israel as ’embodiment of our resolute approach to openness and coexistence with all,’ urges Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital
By Raphael Ahren
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