The United States will merge the U.S. Consulate General, which serves Palestinians, with its new embassy in Israel into a single diplomatic mission in Jerusalem, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, drawing a quick rebuke from Palestinians.

The Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that the American embassy has not been actually relocated to East Jerusalem and that the area where the embassy was opened is in the West side which is composed of small neighborhoods that were annexed in 1948 and haven’t not been demanded by the Arabs.

Palestinians have expressed outrage at teams from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for taking part in the opening legs of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Israel over the weekend, which they say undermined Arab solidarity with their cause.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stressed that Palestine is a right to the Palestinian people and that there is no other option.

The White House on Tuesday hosted 19 nations, including Israel and Arab Gulf states, to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but the Palestinian Authority boycotted the meeting, angered by the Trump administration’s policies on Jerusalem.

Rabbi Marc Schneier led 17 congregants on a three-day trip to Bahrain this week- believed to be the first such Jewish congregational mission to any Arab Gulf state.

The United States said on Friday it will open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move from Tel Aviv that reverses decades of U.S. policy and is bound to trouble U.S. allies who have already objected.

An event marking National Day Holiday was held by the “This is Bahrain” Association at the Bahrain National Stadium on Friday, which was sponsored by the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

An interfaith group from Bahrain is visiting Israel amid turmoil there over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital, angering some in the island nation who support the Palestinians.

A Bahraini civil society group has defended sending a delegation to Israel as a gesture of tolerance and coexistence, state news agency BNA has reported, after news of the visit sparked wide anger on social media.

Thousands of Bahrainis took to streets in different villages in Bahrain on Friday

Iraq's senior shi‘ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani condemned on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. '‘This decision is condemned and decried, it hurt the feelings of hundreds of millions of Arabs and Muslims,‘' said a statement from Sistani's office.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Bahrain’s largest opposing political group, said that the US administration’s decision regarding recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is a “declaration of war” against Arab, Muslims and Christians.

Iraq is opposed to the United States recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moving its embassy there, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday, warning that such a decision would negatively affect Middle East stability.

Security authorities affiliated to Interior Ministry prevented the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad) from organizing a seminar in support of Palestinian cause, criticizing the normalization of relations with Israel.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has lauded what he named “tremendous efforts and good endeavors” of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud “that resulted in cancelling the restrictions imposed by the Israeli Occupation Forces on entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque”.

Ironically, Bahraini authorities condemn Israelis for banning Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, while they continue to impose a siege on the village of Diraz, preventing worshipers from performing Friday Prayers.

Bahrain witnessed on the morning of Friday (June 23, 2017) protests in different villages commemorating International Quds Day.

Israeli media reported that “a plan under discussion among Gulf state leaders would reportedly offer better ties with Israel”.

The Bahraini National Democratic Movement Forces organized a hunger strike event in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners, under the name of “Freedom and Dignity Strike” on Saturday (May 13, 2017) in Wa’ad Society in Umm Al Hassam. Progressive Democratic Tribune, Bahrain democratic youth society, Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy and the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage delivered speeches with voicing solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike.