Hamas Spokesperson Hazem Qasim stated the following

The Bahraini Foreign Minister’s visit to the Israeli occupation and the friendly talks he had with criminal Israeli leaders are deplored and condemned in strong terms. This is an unacceptable act at the Arab and moral levels.

Bahrain’s request to exchange ambassadors during its Foreign Minister’s visit to the Israeli occupation reflects that the Bahraini regime is insisting on deepening the national mistake that it had made by signing the normalisation agreement with the Israeli occupation.

Bahrain’s proposal to exchange embassies with the Zionist entity violates Arab values and the national interests of Bahraini people as it reinforces the Israeli presence, which means heightening tensions across the region. 

The Bahraini Foreign Minister’s visit to the Israeli occupation which coincided with an unprecedented fierce illegal settlement activity in the occupied city of Jerusalem makes the Gulf nation a partner in the aggression against our people’s rights to their lands.  

Hamas Spokesperson Hazem Qasim

Thursday, 19 November 2020