Bahrain: Protests against Israeli FM's Visit Continue
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Anti-Israeli protests continue in Bahrain in light of the visit of the Israeli occupation Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid.
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Protests against Yair Lapid's visit to Bahrain, October 1, 2021 (AFP)
Anti-Israeli protests continue in Bahrain, in refusal of the Israeli occupation Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's visit for the inauguration ceremony of the Israeli Embassy in Manama.
#Bahrainis take part in a demonstration in Manama in solidarity with #Palestine and in rejection of the visit of the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Israeli occupation.#البحرين_ترفض_الصهاينة pic.twitter.com/DWdWScgqI4
— Sara Rey (@SaraReyi) October 1, 2021
Protestors marched, waving the Palestinian and Bahraini flags, chanting against the Israeli occupation, and voicing their refusal to having an Israeli embassy in Bahrain, while police launched teargas canisters at them.
True Bahrainis held protests against the ongoing visit of the Israeli foreign minister to #Bahrain during which he will open the Israeli embassy there. @PalestineCultu1#Palestine #البحرين_ترفض_الصهاينه pic.twitter.com/OsevMKHW7R
— Palestine Culture (@PalestineCultu1) October 1, 2021
Days ago, the February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition denounced the visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to Bahrain, holding the Bahraini regime responsible for the consequences of the visit.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived in Bahrain last Thursday, marking the first official visit by an Israeli minister, during which he is to attend the opening ceremony of "Israel's" embassy in Bahrain.
Iran, Palestine in solidarity with the people of Bahrain
For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein AmirAbdollahian, denounced the Bahraini government's reception of the Israeli occupation Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, to its capital, Manama. He considered it a "clear betrayal of the aspirations of the oppressed and resilient Palestinian people."
In a tweet, Amirabdollahian stressed that the Islamic Republic only recognizes "one country called Palestine and its capital is al-Quds." He also considered that "Tel Aviv will only bring about insecurity to Bahrain and the region."
استقبال حکومت بحرین از وزیر خارجه رژیم جعلی صهیونیستی، خیانت آشکار به آرمان مردم مظلوم و مقاوم فلسطین است. ما فقط یک کشور می شناسیم که فلسطین نام دارد و پایتخت آن قدس است. بی تردید ارمغان تل آویو برای منطقه و بحرین تنها ناامنی است.
— H.Amirabdollahian امیرعبداللهیان (@Amirabdolahian) October 1, 2021
In an interview for Al Mayadeen, senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said that "the visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to Bahrain can be summed up in one word, treason."
Bahraini demonstrators burned tires outside the capital, Manama, and angry popular demonstrations denouncing normalization erupted, coinciding with Lapid's arrival in the capital.
Moreover, Bahrainis launched angry campaigns against the visit, with hashtags such as #Bahrain_rejects_Zionists and #Bahrainis_against_normalization going viral on social media.
