A controversial delegation from Bahrain to Israel for 'peace'

Loclal Israeli medias reported that 24 members of  “This is Bahrain” group, which professes campaigning for “religious freedom,” traveled to Israel this week for a four-day visit, today on 10/12/2017.

A member from the group claimed that “The king sent us with a message of peace to the whole world,”

This is marked as a very controversoa; delegation of Bahraini officials to the Zionist regime, as the world is witnessing massive demonstrations through out the world against America's conspiration of recognizing al-Qods as Israel's official capital, despite the global protesting reactions to Israel and the US, Bahraini officials seemingly are willing to stand with Israel.

In September, Israeli media said Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah had called at an event hosted by pro-Israeli group Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles for an end to the Arab boycott of Israel, and the establishment of diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. 

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah has criticized the Arab boycott of Israel, saying that the Bahrainis are free to visit Israel.

Israeli tourists and businessmen have been traveling to Bahrain in recent years. The Israeli daily cited a prominent rabbi, who had met with the king, as saying that the monarch intended to allow citizens from his kingdom to visit Israel freely.

Last year, the tiny kingdom became the only Persian Gulf country, which publicly mourned the death of former Israeli president Shimon Peres.

Also in 2016, Bahraini officials raised eyebrows by hosting and participating in the Israeli Hanukkah celebration.

Bahraini judicial activists called on the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry to punish its members who took part in the Hanukkah ceremony.

Leaks obtained by WikiLeaks also showed that senior officials from Israel and Bahrain had spoken in recent years. They cited a 2007 meeting between then Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni and Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in New York.

In 2005, the Bahraini king boasted to an American official that his state had contacts with Israel “at the intelligence/security level,” WikiLeaks’ findings also showed.

Arab states have been traditionally depicting themselves as Israel’s enemies and supporters of the Palestinian cause against Tel Aviv’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted that his regime has ties with the Arab world, and that the relations are improving.

In historical comments, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz last month admited that Tel Aviv have had covert contacts with Saudi Arabia.

Yaacov Nagel, who stepped down as Netanyahu’s internal security advisor earlier this year, also said last month that Saudi Arabia was ready to sacrifice Palestinians and their demands for closer ties with Israel.

And on Friday, Reuters cited Palestinian officials as expressing worries that Saudi Arabia was acting behind the scenes to advance a United States “grand bargain” over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that heavily favored Israel.