AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Palestinian officials have condemned the Israel-Bahrain normalisation deal announced by US President Donald Trump as another "stab in the back" by an Arab state.
Friday's accord normalising diplomatic ties between Israel and Bahrain comes one month after the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalise ties with Israel under a US-brokered deal.
Trump tweeted the news on Friday after he spoke by phone to Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said.
Following the announcement at the White House, Palestine recalled its ambassador to Bahrain for consultations, according to its foreign ministry.
The agreement was "a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people", Ahmad Majdalani, social affairs minister in the Palestinian Authority (PA), told AFP news agency.
In the besieged Gaza Strip, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said Bahrain's decision to normalise relations with Israel "represents a grave harm to the Palestinian cause, and it supports the occupation".
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), based in Ramallah, occupied West Bank, called the normalisation "another treacherous stab to the Palestinian cause".
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source : Al Jazeera
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12 September 2020
3:48:50 AM
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Palestinian officials have condemned the Israel-Bahrain normalisation deal announced by US President Donald Trump as another "stab in the back" by an Arab state.