Anti-Israel protestors took to the streets in Bahrain, a day after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s visit to open Israel’s first embassy in the country.
Chants of “Death to Israel” and “No to Israeli embassy in Islamic Bahrain” could be heard as protestors marched waving the Palestinian and Bahraini flags.
Although no arrests were reported, police fired tear gas during one rally, while small scattered protests broke out all over the Gulf country.
In addition to inaugurating the Israeli embassy, Lapid said in a statement that the Israeli delegation and Bahraini officials “talked about the cooperation between our countries and about taking the official peace between us and turning it into an active, economic, security, political and civic friendship.”
Yair Lapid’s visit on Thursday to Bahrain came a year after the country normalized ties with Israel, breaking decades of Arab consensus.
The United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Morocco also normalized ties with Israel in a series of US-brokered agreements.
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