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Palestinian factions condemned, on Friday, Bahrain's reception of the Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Manama.

More than 240 Shiite clerics in Bahrain signed a statement rejecting "normalization with the Zionist enemy" and the opening of an Israeli embassy in Manama.

Sources told Haaretz that Israel and Bahrain are looking into cooperation in responding to Iranian drone attacks, according to a report published by the newspaper on October 1, 2021.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim described the normalization of Bahrain's ruling regime with the Zionist entity as treason and malice.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the Bahraini authorities' reception of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid as a "humiliating step", considering that this reception comes "against the will of the public opinion of the noble and free Bahraini people."

Expressing their rejection to the Israeli Foreign Minister visit to Manama and condemning all steps of normalization and treason with the Zionist entity, senior Shiite scholars in Bahrain announced, through an official statement, their condemnations to all forms of normalization with the Israeli entity

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."

Bahrain witnessed protests, coinciding with a visit paid by the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yair Lapid, to Bahrain's capital, Manama, for the Israeli entity's inauguration of its embassy.

The London-based Gulf House for Studies and Publishing issued the second edition of "The Political Participation Index in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries".

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.

The Interior Ministry announced that it has referred some individuals to the Public Prosecution for being involved in suspicious money transfers with a financial source of the terrorist group, Hezbollah.

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.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) called the Bahraini authorities to urgently release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace.

The Bahraini Interior Ministry accused the Qatari authorities of attempting to recruit Bahraini military and security personnel, according to a statement it published on Sunday in its response to the "Zero Distance" program, aired by Al-Jazeera, which revealed violations against dozens of children held in Dry Dock Prison.

The "Zero Distance" episode, aired by Al-Jazeera Channel, on Sunday (September 26, 2021) revealed documents and data on multiple aspects of serious violations against Bahraini children, who are being held in Dry Dock Prison over various charges, such as inciting the overthrow of the regime and terrorism.

Bahrain is considering doubling value added tax to 10% to boost state revenues and reduce its budget deficit, a Bahraini parliamentary source and a source close to the government told Reuters, confirming local media reports.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdulatif Al-Zayani met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in New York to discuss strengthening the bilateral alliance.