Israel, Bahrain to officially start diplomatic ties at special ceremony
An Israeli and Bahraini government delegation will formally sign a joint deal to officially establish diplomatic relations at a special ceremony on Sunday evening in Manama.
The Zionist regime and Bahrain will officially establish diplomatic relations on Sunday at a ceremony in Manama, according to AFP.
A visiting delegation from Israel and officials in Bahrain will sign a "joint communique (that) is the establishment of full diplomatic relations," an Israeli official in Manama told reporters on Sunday.
Once the text is signed at a ceremony scheduled for Sunday evening, Israel and Bahrain will be free to open embassies in each other's countries, the official said.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain became the third and fourth Arab states to agree to normalize ties with Israel, following Egypt's peace deal with Israel in 1979 and a 1994 pact with Jordan.
Palestinians have condemned the deals between the two countries and Israel as "a stab in the back" for their aspirations to establish an independent state.
The US-brokered deal with the UAE was formalised at a special White House ceremony on September 15.
The Persian Gulf agreements were condemned by the Palestinians as a "betrayal", and broke with years of Arab League policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The US administration is trying to broker similar deals with other Arab states.
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