Bahraini associations urge cancellation of economic summit with Israel

Nearly two dozen Bahraini civil society organizations and political factions have voiced their fierce opposition to the Al Khalifah regime’s normalization of ties with Israel, calling for the cancellation of an economic conference in the tiny Persian Gulf country that would bring together representatives from Bahraini and Israeli businesses.

The 23 organizations and political groups, affiliated with the Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy, also expressed their unswerving support for Palestinians and their struggle against the occupying regime in a joint statement released on Monday.

They asked state officials to call off Connect2Innovate Conference, which is slated for March 13 and 15 in Manama. 

The groups reiterated their adamant refusal of the Manama regime’s expansion of relations with Israel and its push to put Bahrain’s economic, educational and youth centers at the service of the apartheid regime and its institutions.

The statement also warned against Israel’s vicious attempts to assert control over all trade, economic and educational aspects of the Bahraini society by means of the upcoming event, saying that Zionists had earlier made similar bids when the World Jewish Congress organized a virtual event in September 2021.

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The Bahraini civil society organizations and political factions also urged the ruling regime to stop the normalization of relations with Israel and to cease its cooperation in the fields of education and youth affairs.

They underscored that the enhancement of ties with the Tel Aviv regime will not yield any profits to Bahraini people and will instead inflict serious damage on Bahrain’s economy and all walks of the society.

“We call upon representatives of private companies and institutions as well as Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) not to participate in such conferences, which seek to overlook Palestine as the main issue of the Muslim world,” the statement added.

Bahrainis have repeatedly expressed their opposition to the normalization of ties with the Israeli regime by holding demonstrations.

Bahrain’s main opposition group al-Wefaq and the kingdom’s top cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim have also repeatedly condemned the normalization move made by the al-Khalifah dynasty.

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Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates signed US-brokered normalization agreements with Israel in an event in Washington in September 2020.

Sudan and Morocco followed suit later in the year and inked similar US-brokered normalization deals with the occupying regime.

The move sparked widespread condemnations from the Palestinians as well as nations and human rights advocates across the globe, especially within the Muslim world.

Palestinians slammed the deals as a treacherous “stab in the back” and a betrayal of their cause against the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

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