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

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.

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.

The New Arab news website said that Israel's ministry of foreign affairs deleted a tweet from its Arabic-language account, perhaps aware that the post would anger Bahrain.

Middle East Monitor website stated that the latest comments by Benjamin Netanyahu about relationships with a number of Arab countries highlight the links between Bahrain and Israel, which “go back to 1994”, Al-sharq.com said on Friday.

Saudi writer and novelist, Turki Al-Hamad attacked Palestinian figure Azmi Bichara, advisor to Prince of Qatar.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoped on Monday (May 22, 2017) that one day, he would be able to visit Saudi Arabia.

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

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized President of the Asian Football Confederation, Bahrain’s Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, for voting against a Palestinian proposal to halt Israeli football matches on occupied territories.

The FIFA Congress was held on Thursday (May 11, 2017) in Bahrain with the participation of Israeli Football Union amid popular Bahraini rejection.

History and International Relations Professor at the Lebanese University, Jamal Wakim, said that “there is an American effort and pressure to normalize relations between Arabs and Israel,” believing that part inventing an enemy called “Iran” and the Shiism subject, come to justify and cover these normalization processes.

Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir said that the Bahraini authorities prevented him from entering the country as he was intending to take part in pressuring on FIFA Congress.

The Government of Bahrain welcomed in a statement on Monday (May 8, 2017) the hosting of the congress of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) which is held in Bahrain with participation of an Israeli delegation.

The Government of Bahrain is supposed to host an Israeli delegation on Thursday (May 11, 2017) to take part in the FIFA congress meetings.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this month, kicking off his first foreign trip, where he will work to reinvigorate traditional alliances in the region.

The Times of Israel Newspaper published an article for an Israeli recounting the details of his visit to Bahrain.

Israel's transport minister proposed on Wednesday linking its freight railway network with Jordan and Saudi Arabia and said he presented the idea to U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy last month.

The IsraelValley website reported from the Tribune Juive newspaper “Speaking about economic and security relations with Bahrain, an Israeli Minister said that a group of Bahraini anti-riot forces is being trained in Tel Aviv.”

The Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation in Israel, Ayoub Kara, revealed to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, that he was the reason behind the visit of Jewish rabbis delegation to Bahrain a couple of weeks ago.