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Bahrainis protest normalization deal with Israel despite clampdown

Bahrainis rally against the kingdom’s recent US-brokered normalization deal with Israel, in Sar residential area west of the capital, Manama, on October 2, 2020. (Photo via Twitter)

Bahraini protesters have staged rallies across the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom, denouncing the recent agreement between the ruling Al Khalifah regime and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties.

Waving Palestinian flags and wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus, demonstrators rallied in the northern villages of Abu Saiba and Shakhura on Friday, walking over the name of Bahraini monarch King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah in an apparent show of outrage over the normalization deal.

Bahrainis burn an Israeli flag as they rally against the kingdom’s recent US-brokered normalization deal with Israel, in Sar residential area west of the capital, Manama, on October 2, 2020. (Photo via Twitter)

Protests were also held in the villages of Barbar, Karzakan, Nuwaidrat and Sehla, Salmabad town as well as Sar residential area west of the capital, Manama.

Bahrainis carry a banner reading “The Bahraini Nation Rejects Normalization” in Arabic as they rally against the kingdom’s recent US-brokered normalization deal with Israel, in Sar residential area west of the capital, Manama, on October 2, 2020. (Photo via Twitter)

Protesters trampled Israeli flags before they were burned along with pictures of the Bahraini king, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Bahrainis rally against the kingdom’s recent US-brokered normalization deal with Israel, in the northern village of Barbar, on October 2, 2020. (Photo via Twitter)

Banners were carried reading “Death to America, Death to Israel”, “The Bahraini Nation Rejects Normalization,” and “Bahrain is Enraged over al-Quds.”

Pictures and witness testimony indicated that regime forces were heavily present on the streets during the marches.

Police cars are parked as Bahrainis rally against the kingdom’s recent US-brokered normalization deal with Israel, in an unknown location of the country, on October 2, 2020. (Photo via Twitter)

The rallies came as the head of Israel’s spy agency Mossad met Thursday with Bahraini officials to discuss topics of mutual interest and strengthening bilateral cooperation.

National Intelligence Agency President Adel bin Khalifah Al Fadhel and Strategic Security Bureau Chairman Shaikh Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Khalifah welcomed Yossi Cohen upon his arrival in Manama, the official Bahrain News Agency reported.

The two sides stressed the importance of the agreement recently signed between Bahrain and Israel, saying it would pave the way for future cooperation in various fields.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed agreements with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani in a US-brokered event hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on September 15.

Palestinians, who seek an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital view the deals as betrayal of their cause.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protested the normalization deals with Israel, saying they will be fruitless as long as the United States and the Israeli regime do not recognize the rights of the Palestinian nation and refuse to resolve the issue of Palestinian refugees.

He reiterated that there will be no peace, security or stability for anyone in the region unless the Israeli regime ended its occupation of Palestinian land, and Palestinians could restore their full rights as stipulated in international resolutions.


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