Israeli Minister of Communications Ayoob Kara praised Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs’ supporting stance to the last rocket attack on what it was said to be targets affiliated with the Iranian forces in Syria, describing it as “historical support”.

AFP agency said that Bahrain backed what it named “Israel's right to defend itself" after the strikes launched by the Israeli entity on military bases in Syria.

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.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday (March 6, 2018) that Israel is not an enemy to the Arab States

The Israeli newspapers were concerned about the US-Jewish delegation visit to Bahrain on route to the occupied Jerusalem in a religious trip, for the signs the visit holds in terms of Bahraini authorities’ openness to consolidate relations with Israel.

A prominent US rabbi said on Wednesday (February 28, 2018) that the Muslim-majority Persian Gulf kingdoms are waiting for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a "bold and courageous" gesture to kick off the process of forging diplomatic ties with Israel.

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.

Israeli Minister of Communication Ayoob Kara claimed on Sunday (February 4, 2018) that one of the member of the Bahraini ruling family, Mubarak Al Khalifa, was visiting Israel, according to Middle East Monitor.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, deemed the US president’s move recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital a "side issue".

The Israeli Jerusalem Post reported Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center as saying that a delegation of Israeli business leaders is due to visit Bahrain next month in a follow-up to the current visit to Jerusalem of a Bahraini interfaith group.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society in Bahrain announced on Sunday (December 10, 2017) its categorical rejection and strong condemnation of the arrival of a Bahraini government delegation to the city of Jerusalem.

The second channel on Israeli television said on Saturday (December 9, 2017) that an official delegation from Bahrain comprising 24 persons began a four-day official visit to Israel.

A news website said that Bahrain permitted an Israeli race car driver to compete a race held in Bahrain International Circuit on Friday (November 17, 2017).

An Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday that Israel has had covert contacts with Saudi Arabia amid common concerns over Iran, a first disclosure by a senior official from either country of long-rumoured secret dealings.

Bahrain witnessed mass rallies on Friday (October 13, 2017) that were held in various areas across the country. Protesters condemned the Bahraini regime’s normalization of relations with Israel and the arrests of children launched by the security authorities.

Reports this month have indicated the island kingdom of Bahrain will soon take steps to normalize ties with Israel, ending seven decades of a diplomatic boycott of the Jewish state.

The Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, retweeted Israeli journalist Raphael Ahren’s tweet, showing more signs of the ruling Bahraini family’s normalization of relations with the Jewish state.

A New York synagogue will be the first Jewish congregation to visit an Arab country in the Persian Gulf during its upcoming mission to Bahrain.

Israel is on the path to normalize diplomatic ties with the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain as the two countries draw closer over their shared hostility to Iran, with an announcement even possible in the relatively near future.