15 Bahraini NGOs censure Manama's détente with Tel Aviv

Over a dozen Bahraini NGOs have denounced Manama's attempts to normalize relations with the Israeli regime, expressing their firm support for the Palestinian cause.

In a document, titled the Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization, 15 NGOs opposed Zionist regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned visit to the Persian Gulf kingdom, Arabic-language Lua Lua TV network reported.

The document, which was released during a recent pro-Palestine event in Manama, called on all Bahraini people to voice their "categorical rejection" of Manama's attempts to forge ties with Tel Aviv.

It also stressed the right of the Palestinian nation to establish their own independent state with al-Quds as its capital.

The document further described Israel as a Zionist entity which had been created through the aggression and occupation of Arab territories.

The issue of Palestine is the issue of the Arab nation, it added, underlying the need for the return of Palestine to its people.

Israel has full diplomatic relations with only two Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, but latest reports suggest the regime is working behind the scenes to establish formal contact with Saudi Arabia and its allies.

Last week, Hani Marzouk, a Spokesman for Netanyahu's Office for Arab Media, said that Zionist regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Bahrain in the near future. 

“The Kingdom of Bahrain is the next destination for Netanyahu,” he said, noting that the trip "is the start for new relations."

Netanyahu’s office rejected any such prospect.

Netanyahu, however, confirmed at a Sunday press conference with Chadian President Idriss Deby in al-Quds that “there will be more such visits in Arab countries very soon.”

Separately, Zionist regime’s Economy Minister Eli Cohen said on Monday that he had been invited to a technology event in Bahrain.

Bahrain's filtration towards Zionist regime comes amid the Ale Khalifah regime's heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners.

Early on Thursday, Bahraini policemen raided homes in the village of Diraz and arrested three sisters.

Since February 2011, Bahraini people have been holding peaceful protest rallies regularly, demanding that the Ale Khalifah family relinquish power and let a just system representing all Bahrainis be established.

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