Bahrain

US designates anti-govt. Bahraini group as ‘terrorist’ after Manama inks peace deal with Israel

Press TV | December 16, 2020 The administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump has designated Bahraini opposition group Saraya al-Mukhtar as a “terrorist” organization, months after the Manama regime agreed to a Washington-brokered normalization with Israel. In a statement released on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his office had blacklisted the […]

How Gulf States became Business Partners in Israel’s Occupation

The professed rationale for the recent Abraham Accords, so-called “peace deals” signed with Israel by the UAE and Bahrain, was to stymie Israeli efforts to annex swaths of the West Bank. The aim was supposedly to neutralise another “peace” plan – one issued early this year by US President Donald Trump’s administration – that approved […]

Foreign Policy With Robert Inlakesh: Israeli “Peace Deals” With Sudan, UAE & Bahrain Explained

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Anti-normalization Protests Erupt in Bahrain despite Security Restrictions

MEMO | October 24, 2020 Anti-normalisation protests erupted in the streets of the Bahraini capital of Manama after Friday prayer yesterday. Protesters held up banners denouncing normalisation, with the unified slogan “Anti-normalisation Friday”, along with a photo of a masked Palestinian militant. Bahrain’s normalisation agreement with Israel was met with widespread anger, despite tight security […]

95% of Bahrainis against normalization deal with Israel: Opposition tells UN

Press TV – October 18, 2020 Bahrain’s largest opposition group calls on the United Nations to intervene in the kingdom’s unbridled push to deepen its relations with the Israeli regime, saying the move falls short of the general population’s consent. The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society released the statement on Sunday, as the two sides are […]

Bahrain in the Wake of US and Israeli Policies

Bahrain, a small emirate located in the Persian Gulf, became the next country following the UAE to establish peaceful relations with Israel, after heavy pressure from the US. Of course, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa called this step a “historic achievement” designed to serve not only the interests of his kingdom, but also to […]

Trump’s Mideast Mirage

Eric S. MARGOLIS
The Trump administration, desperate for some good news, just manufactured its own news by confecting a ‘peace’ deal between Israel and a bunch of pipsqueak Arab monarchies – just in time for November US elections.
The Gulf monarchies – the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – that signed this agreement are so frightened of neighboring Iran that they would happily have opted for Israeli rule rather than welcome the angry, unforgiving Iranians, who call the Gulf Arabs ‘traitors, cowards and backstabbers,’ a sentiment shared by much of the Arab world.