With temperatures soaring around the Persian Gulf, steps are being taken to cool things down, including introducing environmentally friendly laws and planting millions of trees.
Establishing ties with Israel’s regional neighbors has been an uphill slog since the state’s inception. The Abraham Accords signified a massive and historic leap forward.
The agreement was signed at a meeting at the State Department between Blinken and Bahrain's crown prince and prime minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa.
Israeli firm Trucknet's technology will be used by Bahraini firm Cox Logistics, which helps service US military vehicles in Saudi Arabia.
Iran thinks that by ingratiating itself with countries like Saudi Arabia, it might set back the trend of normalization with Israel.
Cohen said that he and his Bahrain counterpart agreed that they “should work together to increase the number of direct flights, the tourism, the trade volume, the investments.”
Eli Cohen to Bahraini Al-Ayyam: "No one in the world is more interested in ending the issue with the Palestinians than Israel."
The seminar presents an important opportunity to examine the economic connections linking Israel, the Gulf, and Morocco.
To help push the idea forward N7 held a conference in Bahrain this week to focus on ways to strengthen Israel’s commercial ties to the region.
A study by the University of Oxford reveals Bahrain as the top consumer with 4,012 calories per day, followed by the United States in second place. Israel ranks 12th.