President Isaac Herzog Op-Ed: Bahrain’s warm peace with Israel: What’s next?

In December President Herzog visited Manama, Bahrain, his fourth visit to a Middle Eastern country in 2022, (Abu Dhabi in January, Istanbul in March, Amman in June, and Sharm El-Sheikh in November), all aimed at bolstering Israel’s economic, cultural and bi-lateral relations with Arab states. Talks on this trip focused on expanding trade and sharing among others, Israel’s solar and desalinazation technologies.

Bahraini King Hamad in his remarks underscored his country’s support for the “legitimate rights of the Palestinian people,” but he did not mention the establishment of a Palestinian state, for his part, President Herzog made no mention of the Palestinians in his public remarks. (source)