Bahrain King Rejects Arab Boycott of ‘Israel’, His Countrymen May Visit
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Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa denounced the Arab boycott of "Israel" and said his subjects are free to visit the Zionist entity.
The statement by the head of the country, which does not have diplomatic relations with ‘Israel', was revealed at a multi-national event last week in Los Angeles, hosted by the city's Simon Wiesenthal Center.
At the event, Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, who head the Wiesenthal Center, revealed the king's pronouncements made to them during their visit to Manama, Bahrain's capital city, in early 2017.
A walk through the city, at that time was an eye-opener, Cooper said. There was a church, with a huge cross, next to a Hindu temple, and 90 meters on an impressive mosque. Even a small synagogue, the only one in the Persian Gulf region, still stands in an older part of the city.
When Hier and Cooper met with King Hamad, they also discussed the ruler's plan to establish a Museum of Religious Tolerance in the capital city by the end of this year.
The evening's guests included officials from predominantly Muslim nations as Kuwait, Egypt, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, Cooper noted.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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