Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz congratulated his Bahraini counterpart Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.
"My friend Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, Bahrain's foreign minister, would like to wish you and the people of Bahrain a blessed Eid," Katz wrote in an Arabic Twitter tweet.
"I hope that the legacy of the sons of Ibrahim, which we share with you, will lead to peace and brotherhood between the two peoples and to cooperation between the two countries. I look forward to seeing you again soon."
In July, Katz met the Al Khalifa on the sidelines of their participation in a conference in Washington.
With the exception of Egypt and Jordan, Arab countries do not have public diplomatic relations with Israel.
Bahrain's foreign minister, Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, said in June that Israel was there to stay and had the right to live within secure borders.
This came in an interview conducted by the newspaper "Time of Israel" with the Al-Khalifa on the sidelines of the "Bahrain workshop for peace for prosperity" organized by Washington and boycotted by the Palestinians.
The Bahraini minister said at the time that the Arab peace initiative was not offered to an island or a distant country, but to Israel, and that his country wanted better relations with it.
Al-Khalifa defended Israel's right to exist as a state with secure borders, saying it was this right that made Arab countries offer it a peace initiative.
In late June, Manama hosted a workshop in which Washington launched the economic aspect of its Middle East peace plan. The plan proposes attracting more than $ 50 billion in investment for the Palestinians, creating a million jobs for them, and doubling their gross domestic product (GDP), to be implemented over a decade, according to the White House.
The Palestinians boycotted the workshop, saying that it was not possible to talk about the economic aspect before addressing possible political solutions to the essence of the conflict, expressing their indignation and rejection of the plan.