Turkey and Iran strongly condemn Israel-Bahrain agreement
According to a report in Dawn, Turkey has called the agreement between the two countries a "fresh blow" to the Palestinian cause.
Iran, on the other hand, has accused Bahrain of destabilizing the region. US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a "peace deal" between Israel and Bahrain.
It may be recalled that a month ago, on August 15, a peace agreement was signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to restore diplomatic relations.In less than a month, it became the second Arab country to normalize relations with its former rival Israel.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Ankara was "concerned" by the move and "strongly condemned" the agreement.
The ministry said in a statement that the move would be a "new blow" to efforts to defend Palestinian goals and would encourage Israel to continue its illegal actions towards Palestine and its efforts to perpetuate its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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He said the move contradicted the commitments made by countries under the Arab Peace Initiative, which called for a complete withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Palestinian territories after 1967 and the formation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that any insecurity caused by Israel in the Gulf region would be the responsibility of the governments of Bahrain and its allies.
Iranian TV quoted the statement as saying, "Bahrain's shameful move sacrificed the Palestinian cause and decades of struggle on the eve of the US election."
Bahraini citizens expressed their frustration or anger on social media against the agreement and used the hashtags 'against Bahrain (bringing relations with Israel)' and '(normalizing relations with Israel) is treason'. gone.
Ali al-Aswad, a former lawmaker, called it a "dark day in Bahrain's history."
Ahmed Majdalani, the minister for social affairs in the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, said the agreement was tantamount to stabbing the Palestinian people and the Palestinian people in the back.
Hamas, the party that controls the Gaza Strip, called it an "aggression" that started "serious problems" for Palestinian purposes.
It should be noted that on August 15, US President Donald Trump, while announcing a peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said that the two countries have agreed to establish bilateral relations.
Donald Trump said in a tweet that normalizing relations between the UAE and Israel was a "huge step forward".
On August 18, Yossi Cohen, head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, visited the UAE to discuss security issues.
It should be noted that this was the first high-level visit of an Israeli official to Abu Dhabi after the 'peace agreement' between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei had said that the UAE had betrayed the Islamic world and the Palestinians by signing an agreement to normalize relations with Israel.
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia had said that it could not establish diplomatic relations with Israel in imitation of the United Arab Emirates unless the Jewish state signed a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
In addition, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said on the peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel that Pakistan's position is very clear that we can never recognize Israel until the Palestinians get their due.
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