Bahrain summit

Arab leaders meet in Bahrain for summit regarding Gaza and regional development

Arab League summit convenes in Bahrain to address the Gaza conflict and regional integration. Concerns arise over Israel's isolation amid shifting alliances and diplomatic challenges.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Bahrain King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival to attend the 33rd Arab Summit, in Manama, Bahrain. Uploaded on 16/5/2024
Representatives of the UAE, US, Israel, Bahrain Morocco and Egypt at the Steering Committee of the Negev Forum, June 27, 2022.

Negev Forum: Momentum is the message at Bahrain meeting - analysis

The Sde Boker summit was not a one-off event, just as the signing of the Abraham Accords was not a one-off event, but rather part of a process.

|ByHERB KEINON
A view of Bahrain’s capital, Manama

Bahrain planning major outreach to American Christians

First-person: Abraham Accords expected to help boost tourism to 14 million visitors a year

|ByJOEL C. ROSENBERG / ALL ARAB NEWS
Bahraini Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa with the Evangelical delegation led by Joel C. Rosenberg, Apr. 24, 2022

Bahrain interior minister to Evangelicals: Iran first, second, third threat

“The Middle East has tried everything but peace,” Shaikh Al Khalifa said.

|ByNICOLE JANSEZIAN / ALL ARAB NEWS

Palestinian clan 'disowns' son for attending Bahrain conference

If true, Masad will be the second Palestinian to defy the Palestinian call for boycotting the Bahrain workshop, which is expected to be launched in Bahrain on June 25.

JUNE 22, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (third left) and other members of the new government attend the swearing-in ceremony in Ramallah last month.

PA: Bahrain workshop aims to normalize Israel without demanding withdrawal

Dennis Ross: Workshop could make ‘contribution’ and lend ‘credence’ to Trump plan.

JUNE 21, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Palestinians hold a sign during a protest against the U.S.-led economic workshop for Mideast plan that is hosted by Bahrain, in Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 15, 2019

Greenblatt: Settlements not reason for lack of peace

Former COGAT head, director of Sheba hospital expected to attend Bahrain parley.

JUNE 19, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Jason Greenblatt, U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, attends a reception hosted by the Orthodox Union in Jerusalem ahead of the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018

Katz: Israel should play role in Trump’s Bahrain economic summit

There has been no confirmation about whether Israel is going to be represented in Bahrain, but there have been reports that Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon will be going.

JUNE 17, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN
Foreign Minister Israel Katz speaks at The Jerusalem Post 8th Annual Conference in New York

Iraq says it will not partake in Bahrain summit

The news comes just one day after Jordan, Egypt and Morocco announced that they will join Saudi Arabia and Gulf States at the summit on June 25-26 aimed at supporting the Palestinian economy.

JUNE 12, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims march during a parade marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq May 31, 2019