Despite fear and intimidation that the Bahraini authorities have worked hard to bolster in the past years in the country, the streets of Bahrain were full of angry protests on Friday, October 1, 2021, denouncing the visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, to Manama.

The Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy stressed its "total rejection of normalization with this usurping entity, which does not hesitate to kill children, women and the elderly, and practice the worst forms of state terrorism against the Palestinian people."

Amid anti-normalization protests, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and other prominent officials, as part of an official visit to inaugurate the Israeli Embassy in the Bahraini capital, Manama.

Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, deputy Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, confirmed to the British BBC Channel the Bahraini peoples' condemnation of the Israeli Foreign Minister's visit to Bahrain.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society announced its absolute rejection of the Israeli Foreign Minister's visit to Bahrain's capital, Manama.

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit Bahrain on Thursday, in the first official trip by an Israeli cabinet minister to the Gulf state after the diplomatic agreement reached last year.

Freedom House Organization said in its 2021 annual report, published on its official website, that "Internet freedom in Bahrain remains restricted. Authorities continued to block websites and forced the removal of online content, particularly social media posts criticizing the government."

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Friday that he will visit Bahrain later this month, the first such visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf country following the normalization agreement reached last year.

The Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy issued a statement expressing its "bewilderment at the official insistence on continuing the process of normalization with the Zionist entity and concluding numerous agreements with it despite the rejection and opposition of Bahraini people."

Morocco and Bahrain may soon open embassies in Tel Aviv, an Israeli official told Anadolu Agency.

The United Arab Emirates opened an embassy in Israel Wednesday, housed in Tel Aviv's new stock exchange building, in the latest normalization move under a deal brokered by Washington last year.

Former Bahraini ambassador to Washington Hoda Al-Nonoo said that plans are underway to bring a Touro delegation to visit Bahrain.

The Israeli press reported that Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is planning to travel to the United Arab Emirates next week for a two-day visit. It will be his first foreign trip since taking up his post, and the first visit ever of an Israeli minister to the country, according to the Al-Monitor website.

Hashtags #Bahrain_Rejects_You and #Bahrainis_against_Normalization were a trend in Bahrain. Bahrainis used these hashtags to express their refusal to reprehensible visits and other activities that promote normalization with the Zionist entity.

Bahrain's minister of foreign affairs, Abdullatif Al-Zayani, said on Wednesday the kingdom is communicating with Israel's new government to learn about its policy on the efforts aiming to bring peace to the region by settling the Palestinian issue in line with the two-state solution, Reuters reported.

Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that it adds its voice to Bahraini national calls for intensifying solidarity with the Palestinian people and rejecting all forms of normalization with the Israeli occupation state.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Israel and Bahrain have signed an agreement to recognize each other's COVID-19 vaccinations and to allow those who received vaccine doses to travel without restrictions between the two countries.

The King of Bahrain reintroduced the name of Al-Jalahma family through an aspect that isn't seen as honorable, which is the dirty work they take on. On March 30, 2021, the king appointed Khalid Yusuf Ahmed Al-Jalahma, 43, as ambassador to the Israeli entity after an agreement to normalize relations.

The King of Bahrain reintroduced the name of Al-Jalahma family through an aspect that isn't seen as honorable, which is the dirty work they take on. On March 30, 2021, the king appointed Khalid Yusuf Ahmed Al-Jalahma, 43, as ambassador to the Israeli entity after an agreement to normalize relations.

The Israeli entity launched on Wednesday (March 23, 2021) an official account to its embassy in Bahrain.