A Bahraini court refused to accept the appeal of a verdict issued against a citizen convicted of burning the Israeli flag during an unlicensed demonstration, which some residents of this Gulf country saw in their efforts to placate Israel in light of attempts to melt the ice in the relations of the two countries.

According to the "Times of Israel" newspaper, according to local Bahraini media, the accused participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration last May, along with 10 other people, closed the streets at the entrance to the village of Abu Saiba and set fire to an Israeli flag.

The Israeli newspaper pointed out that the identity of this person was not disclosed, but indicated that the sentence against him sparked widespread anger among dozens of Bahrainis on social media who accused their government of seeking to please Israel amid attempts to rapprochement with it.

Among those steps of rapprochement, the newspaper recalled the visit of the Chief Rabbi of occupied Jerusalem Shlomo Ammar last December, during which he met the King of Bahrain, as well as religious leaders from all over the Middle East and other countries of the world.

An Israeli Foreign Ministry official also attended a security conference held in Bahrain in June last year, and the newspaper quoted the Bahraini foreign minister as saying in a statement on the sidelines of the "Bahrain Peace Workshop for Prosperity" - which was organized by Washington in Manama and boycotted by the Palestinians - that "Israel It is one of the countries of the region, and it is here to stay. "