The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to establish formal ties with Israel, becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo, in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran.

As Bahrain Mirror predicted, Bahrain's official policy with its people in terms of normalization with Israel is summed up as follows: trick people into thinking it won't happen, then surprise them.

Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), dubbed the Bahraini and Emirati deals with Israel "peace for protection".

Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said on Monday (September 14, 2020) that establishing relations with Israel is a "protection to the country's supreme interests," stressing that declaration of support for peace doesn't mean neglecting the Palestinian cause.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society announced in a brief statement that it decided to revoke the membership of former Al-Wefaq member, Jassim Hussein, after his participation in a Zionist channel.

A telephone call was held on Monday between Defence Affairs Minister, Abdulla bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi, and his Israeli counterpart, Benny Gantz, Bahrain News Agency reported.

A deal establishing relations between Israel and Bahrain will result in direct flights between the countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, arrived in Washington to take part in the signing ceremony of the peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, as well as signing the Declaration of Peace between the Kingdom of Bahrain and Israel.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society confirmed that it "disowns any person or party in contact with individuals, parties or institutions of the Zionist Entity."

Bahrain scholars said that "the normalizing traitors who conspire with the enemy of God and the nation, are not from us and we are not one of them. We disown them."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that "the two peace accords he will sign with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington will inject billions into the local economy."

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Bahrain's largest opposition society, said on Sunday (September 13, 2020) that the Bahraini regime uses intimidation and threats to force some institutions to support its normalization agreement with the Zionist entity

The Progressive Democratic Tribune declared its opposing position to all forms of normalization with the Zionist entity and considered normalization between Bahrain and the Israeli entity as a withdrawal from Bahrain's previous positions of support for the Palestinian people.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim commented on Bahrain normalization with the Israeli enemy saying that "Normalization is a misfortune and a harbinger of evil spread over the religion and the nation," adding that "It will fall when the people's will, power and governance are activated."

Three Bahraini human rights organizations, namely BFHR, GIDHR, and SALAM DHR, said that the declaration of normalization between Bahrain and the Israeli occupation entity is the most dangerous decision in the course of ending political rights in Bahrain.

Ismail Radwan, a senior member of Hamas, said that Bahraini normalization with Israel is a crime and a stab in the back of Palestinian people.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh praised on Saturday (September 12, 2020) the free Bahraini voices opposing the normalization deal with the Israeli occupation, adding that he is confident that Palestine and its just cause remain in the hearts of all the Arab and Islamic peoples and all the free peoples of the world.

Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi addressed the Palestinian people saying "We say to the dear Palestinian people that the sons of Bahrain can't be a tool in executing the normalization crime and its project.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatib Zadeh condemned Bahrain's decision to normalize relations with Israel, describing the move as disgraceful and a betrayal of the Palestinian people, considering that it makes the rulers of the Gulf kingdom "partners in the crimes of the Zionist regime."

"The Palestinian leadership strongly rejects and condemns the American-Bahraini-Israeli tripartite declaration on the normalization of relations between the occupying state of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain," the Palestinian Authority said in a statement.