OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Benny
Gantz landed in
Bahrain on Wednesday, the latest high-profile diplomatic trip
since the countries normalized ties, his office said.
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Gantz, who is the first Israeli defense minister to ever
officially visit the Gulf country, travelled with several top military and
security officials, including navy chief Admiral David Saar Salama.
"Throughout the visit, the minister is expected to
conduct meetings with high ranking officials in the Bahraini defense
establishment and with the kingdom's leadership," it added.
The visit comes less than two years after the Gulf country
forged diplomatic ties with Israel, becoming the fourth Arab nation to do so following
close ally the UAE, as well as Egypt and Jordan.
Last year Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made the first
ministerial visit to Bahrain, where he inaugurated an embassy in Manama.
The normalization between Bahrain and Israel was one of a
series of US-brokered agreements known as the
Abraham Accords.
The deals angered the Palestinians, and broke with decades
of Arab League consensus against recognizing Israel until it signs a peace
agreement establishing a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem.
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