Foreign minister Yair Lapid has inaugurated Israel’s embassy in Bahrain, marking Tel Aviv’s engagement with Gulf countries
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Foreign minister Yair Lapid has inaugurated Israel&rsquo;s embassy in Bahrain, marking Tel Aviv&rsquo;s engagement with Gulf countries, which once shunned diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.</p>
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A senior rabbi in Bahrain and members of their Jewish faith welcomed Lapid&rsquo;s&nbsp; &ldquo;historic&rdquo; visit, a year after the signing of the US-brokered Abraham accords, which paved the way for the normalisation of ties between the former bitter foes.</p>
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Members of the Jewish community in Bahrain gifted a new mezuzah which was placed in the new Israeli embassy in the Bahrain.</p>
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&ldquo;Today was historic for both Bahrain and Israel and an important moment for our Jewish community,&rdquo; Al Arabiya quoted&nbsp; Ebrahim D. Nonoo, president of the Jewish Community of Bahrain, as saying. &ldquo;We had the opportunity to speak with the Foreign Minister and hear from him about the significance of the Bahrain-Israel relationship and we shared some of the recent milestones and developments in our community,&rdquo; he observed.</p>
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&ldquo;Being present as the new mezuzah was affixed to the entryway of the Embassy was very meaningful. The Embassy represents an address for Bahrain-Israel business, cultural and social activities to flow through.&rdquo;</p>
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Going back to the 1880s, the Bahrain Jewish community is the only indigenous Jewish community in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. It has a working synagogue and the only Jewish cemetery in the region.</p>
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Significantly Lapid landed at Bahrain&rsquo;s international airport in an Israir plane. Symbolically, it had an olive branch painted on its nose.</p>
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Apart from Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Morocco have normalised ties with Israel under the&nbsp; Abraham Accords.</p>
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