Bahrain: 15 NGOs Censure Manama’s Warming Ties with Tel Aviv

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Over a dozen Bahraini NGOs have denounced Manama's attempts to normalize relations with the Zionist regime, expressing their firm support for the Palestinian cause.

In a document, titled the Bahraini National Initiative Against Normalization, 15 NGOs opposed Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned visit to the Gulf kingdom, Arabic-language Lualua TV network reported.

The document, which was released during a recent pro-Palestine event in Manama, called on all Bahraini people to voice their "categorical rejection" of Manama's attempts to forge ties with Tel Aviv.

It also stressed the right of the Palestinian nation of an independent state with al-Quds as its capital.

The document further described “Israel” as a Zionist entity which had been created through the aggression and occupation of Arab territories.

The issue of Palestine is the issue of the Arab nation, it added, underlying the need for the return of Palestine to its people.

Last week, Hani Marzouk, a spokesman for Netanyahu's office for Arab media, said that Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Bahrain in the near future. 

“The Kingdom of Bahrain is the next destination for Netanyahu,” he said, noting that the trip "is the start for new relations."

Netanyahu’s office rejected any such prospect.

He, however, confirmed at a Sunday press conference with Chadian President Idriss Deby in occupied al-Quds that “there will be more such visits in Arab countries very soon.”

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team