Bahrain and Gulf neighbor United Arab Emirates normalized relations with Israel last year in a U.S.-brokered deal known as the Abraham Accords that built on common commercial interests and worries about Iran. Our threats are also shared, and they aren’t far from here,” Lapid said in remarks to reporters, apparently alluding to Gulf power Iran. The Sunni-ruled kingdom accuses Iran of stoking unrest in Bahrain, a charge that Tehran denies. On Thursday, Bahraini activists circulated on social media images of what appeared to be small protests in Bahrain. In Gaza, the Islamist Hamas group criticised Bahrain for hosting Lapid, who returns to Israel on Thursday evening.
