Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi stressed that "Jordan is invited to attend a workshop in Bahrain," explaining that "Jordan hasn't yet taken its decision on whether it will participate."

The White House will not invite Israeli government officials to a Bahrain conference devoted to gaining support for a Palestinian economic plan in order to keep the event apolitical, a senior administration official said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised on Tuesday a U.S.-led conference on the Palestinian economy in Bahrain, and a source said a former Israeli general would be among the participants.

The White House will not invite Israeli government officials to a Bahrain conference devoted to gaining support for a Palestinian economic plan in order to keep the event apolitical, a senior administration official said on Monday.

Dozens of Palestinians took part in a demonstration in the city of Ramallah on June 16, 2019 to protest an economic workshop organized by the United States in Bahrain as part of a comprehensive plan “to achieve peace between the Palestinians and Israel”.

Palestinians are preparing for a "popular uprising" in protest at US President Donald Trump's so-called "deal of the century" which is set to be unveiled at a Bahrain conference later this month.

Iraq said on Wednesday that it would not attend the US-led economic workshop to be held in Bahrain this month.

After weeks of hesitation, the United Nations announced Wednesday that it is sending its deputy Middle East coordinator to attend the unveiling of the economic component of a new US peace plan.

Palestinians urged Egypt and Jordan on Wednesday to reconsider their attendance at a U.S.-led conference on June 25-26 in Bahrain, voicing concern it would weaken any Arab opposition to Washington's coming peace plan.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said that his country will not take part in Bahrain's conference because Palestinians themselves will not.

Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have informed the Trump administration they will attend a U.S.-led conference in Bahrain this month on proposals for boosting the Palestinian economy as part of a coming U.S. peace plan, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

In an interview with RT channel about Bahrain hosting a conference to pass the US-Israeli deal of the century, Abdulla Al-Junaid attacked Mustafa Al-Bargouti, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative, accusing him and the Palestinian leaders of latching on to positions of leadership for long periods of time.

Global financial bodies including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank plan to be present at a U.S.-led conference on the Palestinian economy this month that the Trump administration has cast as an overture to its peace plan.

Frustration and angry reactions in the Arab and Islamic world have been ongoing since Bahrain announced hosting Trump’s so-called deal of the century at the end of June. Widespread outrage has been raised against Bahrain, whose government, along with Saudi Arabia and the UAE have made a platform for publicly betraying the Palestinian cause and a corridor for normalization deals with the Zionist enemy.

Despite the complete crackdown on the popular protests in Bahrain, Bahrainis took to the streets on Quds Day commemorated by Arab and Muslim peoples on the last Friday of Ramadan. Several protests were staged in Bahrain since Friday eve and were met with force as Bahraini regime forces used toxic gases as usual to confront them.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a statement on the International Quds Day, which falls on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan annually.

The United Nations will not be taking part in a conference in Bahrain to present the economic aspects of a US peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

The highest religious authority in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim announced his rejection to the "Deal of the Century", expressing his refusal to any introductory steps for the deal. He said that no one has the mandate to speak on behalf of Palestinians in this deal and severely criticized the Arab regimes involved in it.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are putting Bahrain in the firing line. They are pushing Bahrain to do the dirty work that they don’t want to be responsible for. They don’t want to get their hands dirty when it comes to the economic conference to be held in Bahrain, dubbed the “Deal of Century” which Palestinians have rejected and called for boycotting.

Lebanon has not yet received an invitation to attend the conference in Manama, but plans to boycott if an invitation was received.