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| Bahrain MPs denounce invitation of Israelis to forum |
| 2019-04-01 |
| [PRESSTV] Members of Bahrain’s parliament have condemned the invitation of several Israeli speakers to a business conference due in the Persian Gulf country next month. The Juice are ICKY! The Global Entrepreneurship Congress, whose annual meeting this year is scheduled to be held in the capital, Manama, on April 15-18, has listed at least four Israelis on its official website among dozens of other people invited to speak. One of the Israelis invited is the Tel Aviv regime’s Innovation Authority’s deputy chief Anya Eldan. We don't need no steenking Innovation! We have Allah! And oil! Members of Bahrain’s National Assembly said in a joint statement on Sunday that they opposed the hosting of Israeli speakers in their country, which ‐ like most Arab states ‐ does not have open diplomatic relations with Israel. Only two Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, have open diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. "Parliament stresses its support for the just cause of the brotherly Paleostinian people, and it will remain a priority for the Bahraini and Arab people," read the statement, which was published on the parliament’s official Facebook page. "The end of the Israeli occupation and the withdrawal from all Arab land is an absolute necessity for the stability and security of the region and for a fair and comprehensive peace," it added. But the Arab governments of the Persian Gulf region and Israel are known to have been rather secretly cozying up to one another. Israel has recently stepped up its push to make its ties with Arab governments public and establish formal relations with them. Last month, Israel’s Channel 13 news network reported that Bahrain had informed Israel more than two years ago that it was interested in normalizing relations with the regime. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The denouncing is to be expected. What’s new is the invitation. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-01 10:53 |