Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed today his intention to make a short visit soon to the UAE, and perhaps Bahrain as well, while security officials in Israel and Bahrain agreed on joint cooperation.
Netanyahu said that he plans to pay a 3-hour visit to the UAE, and perhaps Bahrain as well, next week, confirming recent reports circulated in the Israeli media.
Yesterday, Sunday, Yediot Aharonot newspaper quoted a senior government official (it did not name him) that "Netanyahu decided to shorten his planned visit to the Gulf from 3 days to 3 hours only." Sources close to Netanyahu stated that the reason for the shortening of the visit is the imposed closure in light of Corona pandemic.
On the other hand, the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, and the Bahraini Minister of Interior, Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, held a video chat today through the application of Zoom, during which they agreed to start the necessary measures to launch joint cooperation, and each invited their counterparts to visit their countries, according to the official Kan channel. Israeli.
In turn, the private Israeli Channel 20 said that the conversation Ohana and Al Khalifa was "warm and friendly."
She added that the two ministers exchanged congratulations on the signing of the normalization agreement, noting that the conversation is "a positive step that significantly changes the reality in the Middle East."