Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim described the normalization of Bahrain's ruling regime with the Zionist entity as treason and malice.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the Bahraini authorities' reception of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid as a "humiliating step", considering that this reception comes "against the will of the public opinion of the noble and free Bahraini people."

Expressing their rejection to the Israeli Foreign Minister visit to Manama and condemning all steps of normalization and treason with the Zionist entity, senior Shiite scholars in Bahrain announced, through an official statement, their condemnations to all forms of normalization with the Israeli entity

The Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy stressed its "total rejection of normalization with this usurping entity, which does not hesitate to kill children, women and the elderly, and practice the worst forms of state terrorism against the Palestinian people."

Bahrain witnessed protests, coinciding with a visit paid by the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yair Lapid, to Bahrain's capital, Manama, for the Israeli entity's inauguration of its embassy.

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.

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.

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.

Protestors burnt the Israeli flag and photo of the Head of Bahrain's Diplomatic Mission to the State of Israel, Ambassador Khalid Yusuf Al-Jalahma, expressing popular anger over the development of relations and normalization with the Israeli entity.

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.

Bahrain has refrained from opposing a UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for an arms embargo against Israel and holding it accountable over human rights situation, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported.

Salman bin Hamad, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, reiterated his call to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Manama.

The outgoing US President Donald Trump rewarded both the UAE and Bahrain for their move to normalize with Israel last September by classifying them as "Major Security Partners".

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa praised Moroccan King Mohammed VI's decision to establish diplomatic relations and official connections with Israel, state news agency BNA reported on Thursday.

Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalize relations in a deal brokered with U.S. help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months.

An influential Saudi prince has launched a bitter attack on Israel at a regional conference, calling the Jewish state a 'Western colonizing power'.