Almost simultaneously, the year 2022 witnessed the dismissal of the President of the Authority for Culture and Antiquities in Bahrain, Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, on July 21, 2022, and the arrest and detention of prominent academic Dr. Nader Kadhim on July 20, 2022, for a week, followed by his termination from his position as a professor at the University of Bahrain.

Throughout the year 2022, Bahrain experienced a surge of Bahraini-Israeli normalization events and visits. During this time, the government aimed to make normalization with Israel an inevitable reality, even resorting to threats and pressuring employees to be present during Israeli delegations, as seen with doctors at Salmaniya Hospital.

In Bahrain, mass demonstrations took place after Friday prayers (May 12, 2023) in Diraz, west of Manama, to condemn normalization and the Zionist aggression on Gaza Strip and in support of it and the Palestinian resistance.

The Nationalist Democratic Society, Al-Menbar and the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi) called on the government to "open positive horizons to achieve the legitimate demands of the people.

23 political and civil society organizations affiliated with the "Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy" called on the Government of Bahrain to "cancel the normalizing "Connect to Innovate" conference with the Zionists, and not to involve education and youths in normalization."

On February 13, 2022, the local press published a piece of news whose source is the Ministry of Justice and the Arab Auction Company stating that Bahrain is offering a group of 100 properties for sale at auction, including an island in the western waterfront.

Citizens in Bahrain are circulating worrying information about plenty of offers that have been made to a number of citizens through phone calls from brokers to buy their homes, in both Isa Town and Saar area. One citizen is reported to have been offered an amount of 500,000 dinars to purchase his house.

The General Assembly meeting of the Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy has been postponed by government orders, information revealed.

Israel and Bahrain have begun negotiating a free trade agreement, Israel's Economy Ministry said on Tuesday.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that it will consider September 15 of each year "A Day of Betrayal", indicating that it will become "the title of shameful anniversary in which the regime signed the normalization agreement with the usurping Zionist entity," according to a statement issued by the society.

There is a process being carried out by Israelis to use the regime. Two weeks ago, Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa traveled to Washington to meet with US officials and signed agreements, including one regarding drone systems.

The Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy condemned the reception of representatives of universities from the Zionist entity by officials in the Ministry of Education and Bahrain Polytechnic University.

These are questions that Bahrainis should consider well, especially those who oppose normalization and love Palestine, who constitute the majority. However, the minority normalizers do not concern us.

Social media outlets were outraged after the Israeli Embassy in Bahrain held a ceremony marking the anniversary of the so-called "Independence Day", which marks the anniversary of the Nakba in Palestine, amid Israeli praise of this step.

Major political societies in Bahrain expressed their condolences over the martyrdom of Palestinian correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh.

Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in different villages across Bahrain on April 29, 2022, marking the Al-Quds International Day, which falls on the last Friday of the Month of Ramadan.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim issued a statement concerning the ongoing normalization process, saying that "normalization with the Israeli enemy works towards destroying the nation's interests, pride and unity, but the Islamic mentality of the nation and its conscience are the most targeted."

Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi continued his visit to Bahrain, where he discussed operational cooperation in Manama to include joint exercises and military capability development. He is scheduled to return to the country tomorrow.

Israeli Chief of General Staff, Aviv Kochavi, said that "Israel" has established a strategic security cooperation network in the Middle East.

Israeli Chief of General Staff, Aviv Kochavi, arrived in Bahrain on Wednesday (March 9, 2022).