Hosting a Los Angeles event with the son of Bahrain’s king, two prominent U.S. rabbis let something slip to those in attendance: the ruler of the island nation thinks the longtime boycott of Israel by Arab countries should end.

The New Arab news website said that Israel's ministry of foreign affairs deleted a tweet from its Arabic-language account, perhaps aware that the post would anger Bahrain.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa has denounced the Arab boycott of Israel, in recent statements revealing the direction Gulf States are taking towards normalizing relations with Israel.

Israeli media reported that “a plan under discussion among Gulf state leaders would reportedly offer better ties with Israel”.

The Bahraini National Democratic Movement Forces organized a hunger strike event in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners, under the name of “Freedom and Dignity Strike” on Saturday (May 13, 2017) in Wa’ad Society in Umm Al Hassam. Progressive Democratic Tribune, Bahrain democratic youth society, Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy and the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage delivered speeches with voicing solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike.

History and International Relations Professor at the Lebanese University, Jamal Wakim, said that “there is an American effort and pressure to normalize relations between Arabs and Israel,” believing that part inventing an enemy called “Iran” and the Shiism subject, come to justify and cover these normalization processes.

Among the many topics the grabbed the attention of Arab tweeters were the Jewish celebrations in Bahrain and the results of municipal elections in Sultanate of Oman. Meanwhile, other tweets came as comments on Christmas.

The National Democratic Work Society, Wa’ad, denounced news that Bahrain is to host the FIFA congress in presence of a delegation from the Zionist entity.

Deputy Secretary General of the National Islamic Society al-Wefaq, Sheikh Hussein al-Daihi said that “there is no place for Zionists in Bahrain” and “they are rejected on all levels, as there is no way for normalization or making truce with them”

Head of the Bahraini Society Against Normalization, Jamal al-Hassan, said that accepting a Zionist delegation to enter Bahrain and normalizing with it on the pretext of hosting the FIFA congress is “totally rejected”.

The follow up on the timeline of the Bahraini-Israeli relations, which is stretched over a period of more than 22 years, unveiled interesting details.

Bahraini Association Against Normalization denounced statements made by Bahraini FM “wishing to see Jewish state living in peace alongside Palestinian state.”

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa said that the Gulf states are planning to buy the anti-missile defence system from the United States, but there is definitely no such deal between the Gulf states and Israel whatsoever.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A scandal only begets another scandal. The Bahraini regime’s policy over the past five years was to face all the massive media campaigns that exposed its atrocities and scandals. This time, the Bahraini regime is seeking the support of Israel, openly and without any evasiveness.