Israel has named its first ambassador to Bahrain, after normalizing relations with the Gulf Arab state a year ago, an Israeli government Arabic-language Twitter account said on Thursday.

The Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy issued a statement expressing its "bewilderment at the official insistence on continuing the process of normalization with the Zionist entity and concluding numerous agreements with it despite the rejection and opposition of Bahraini people."

Morocco and Bahrain may soon open embassies in Tel Aviv, an Israeli official told Anadolu Agency.

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told Moroccan journalists on Thursday that the new Israeli diplomatic mission is expected to open in Bahrain next month.

Bahrain's Undersecretary for International Relations at the Foreign Ministry Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa arrived in the capital of the Israeli entity, Tel Aviv, on Sunday (August 8, 2021) and met with the Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.

An Israeli newspaper revealed that work is ongoing to reach an economic agreement between the occupying entity and Bahrain in the framework of economic cooperation between both sides to be submitted for government approval.

Bahrain's Shiite spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim expressed his thanks and appreciation for the Bahraini people's stance, who launched a media campaign against welcoming any commercial or tourist delegations from the Israeli occupation.

Hashtags #Bahrain_Rejects_You and #Bahrainis_against_Normalization were a trend in Bahrain. Bahrainis used these hashtags to express their refusal to reprehensible visits and other activities that promote normalization with the Zionist entity.

On September 11, 2020, then US president Donald Trump announced that the occupying state of Israel and Bahrain have reached a "historic agreement" to establish full ties between them, highlighting that Bahrain is "the second Arab country [after the UAE] to make peace with Israel in 30 days," in a tweet.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim thanked the Palestinian heroes who fought the Israeli enemy to defend the nation's religion, sanctities and dignity.

Despite the deliberate coma that the official state media in Bahrain has put itself under, and the authorities' insistence on not showing sympathy with the Palestinian cause, thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on Tuesday evening (May 11, 2021), in sporadic demonstrations held across the country.

The National Islamic Al-Wefaq Society called on the Bahraini authorities to end the normalization agreements with the Israeli occupation entity, and work towards immediately "expelling representative of the occupying Zionist mission from Bahrain."

The Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy, which comprises 24 organizations, including political, women's rights, youth and other civil society groups, called on the Bahraini authorities to "expel the representative of the Zionist entity in our country Bahrain and cancel the normalization agreement signed by the government with the treacherous Zionist enemy."

Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that it adds its voice to Bahraini national calls for intensifying solidarity with the Palestinian people and rejecting all forms of normalization with the Israeli occupation state.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Israel and Bahrain have signed an agreement to recognize each other's COVID-19 vaccinations and to allow those who received vaccine doses to travel without restrictions between the two countries.

Israel's National Security Agency on Monday advised tourists against travel to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other countries across the region, citing the threat of attack by Iran.

Beginning Monday, Israelis will be able to send and receive packages and letters via postal, registered, and express mail to Bahrain.

Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday his "initial assessment" was that Iran was responsible for an explosion on an Israeli-owned ship (MV Helios Ray) in the Gulf of Oman.

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said in an interview with i24NEWS website that reconciliation with Qatar would enhance relations with Israel.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a statement on Saturday (October 17, 2020) on the agreement that will be signed tomorrow (Sunday) between the Zionist entity and the Bahraini regime in which it called on the United Nations and international community to urge the Bahraini regime to allow Bahrainis to have their say in this regard.