Global financial bodies including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank plan to be present at a U.S.-led conference on the Palestinian economy this month that the Trump administration has cast as an overture to its peace plan.

Spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim urged the crowds to renew their promise to Palestine, calling for commemorating Quds Day.

Frustration and angry reactions in the Arab and Islamic world have been ongoing since Bahrain announced hosting Trump’s so-called deal of the century at the end of June. Widespread outrage has been raised against Bahrain, whose government, along with Saudi Arabia and the UAE have made a platform for publicly betraying the Palestinian cause and a corridor for normalization deals with the Zionist enemy.

Despite the complete crackdown on the popular protests in Bahrain, Bahrainis took to the streets on Quds Day commemorated by Arab and Muslim peoples on the last Friday of Ramadan. Several protests were staged in Bahrain since Friday eve and were met with force as Bahraini regime forces used toxic gases as usual to confront them.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hasan Nasrallah praised the Bahraini popular stance opposing the so-called deal of the century after protests witnessed in the country on Quds Day.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a statement on the International Quds Day, which falls on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan annually.

Bahraini Initiative Against Normalization announced its opposition to the economic workshop to be held in relation to the peace plan in the Middle East, proposed by the US administration.

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said during the emergency summit in Mecca that Palestinians will not take part in the workshop called for by the US administration in Manama.

The United Nations will not be taking part in a conference in Bahrain to present the economic aspects of a US peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

A US-led conference on economic aspects of a Middle East peace plan will go ahead next month in Bahrain despite Israel's snap elections, the State Department said Thursday.

The Trump administration will go ahead with its Bahrain conference in late June to lay out the economic part of its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, a U.S. official said on Thursday, despite the start of a new Israeli election campaign.

The highest religious authority in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim announced his rejection to the "Deal of the Century", expressing his refusal to any introductory steps for the deal. He said that no one has the mandate to speak on behalf of Palestinians in this deal and severely criticized the Arab regimes involved in it.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are putting Bahrain in the firing line. They are pushing Bahrain to do the dirty work that they don’t want to be responsible for. They don’t want to get their hands dirty when it comes to the economic conference to be held in Bahrain, dubbed the “Deal of Century” which Palestinians have rejected and called for boycotting.

A full month hasn’t passed yet since the Entrepreneurship Congress that was held last April and Bahrain has already announced hosting the US-organized economic workshop in June, as a part of a plan dubbed the “Deal of the Century”. Why is it always Bahrain?

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the State of Palestine, Guo Wei, stressed on Monday that his country will not take part in Bahrain's workshop scheduled next month in Manama.

Lebanon has not yet received an invitation to attend the conference in Manama, but plans to boycott if an invitation was received.

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) called on the Arab countries that intend to participate in the upcoming US-led economic workshop that will be held in Manama to "reconsider" their decision.

Qatar commented on the workshop to be held in Bahrain next month.

The secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, commented on the Bahrain's conference and changing of phrases from peace to "prosperity".

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh criticized Washington's decision to convene an economic conference on the Palestinian issue next month in Bahrain.