ABU DHABI (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime’s President Isaac Herzog arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Monday for a visit.
Herzog was received at the airport by Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
Herzog will also meet with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan during his visit to the Persian Gulf country.
On Sunday, the Zionist president visited Bahrain for his first state visit to the country.
The UAE and Bahrain signed U.S.-sponsored agreements to establish controversial diplomatic relations with the regime in September 2020. The move was followed later by Sudan and Morocco.
Israeli media reported that Herzog altered the schedule of his visit to Bahrain on Sunday, citing demonstrations in the country against him and the Al Khalifa regime’s normalization with the regime.
Haaretz reported that Herzog traveled to Bahrain “under intense security following protests against the Israeli leader that have taken place over the past days”.
During his visit, Herzog met with Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
Israel’s Channel 12 said the so-called security service Shin Bet had decided to boost Herzog’s security detail for the trip following an online social media campaign from Bahraini opposition activists.
Demonstrations continued as Herzog arrived in Manama. The demonstrators raised the Bahraini and Palestinian flags and chanted slogans condemning Herzog’s visit and normalization with the Zionist regime, amid strict security measures imposed by the Bahraini police and security forces.
Top Bahraini cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim said “normalization is a betrayal of the Palestinian cause and the Arab nation”.
Earlier, Bahrain’s main opposition Al-Wefaq Society called for active participation in an electronic demonstration coinciding with the visit of the Zionist president. The group affirmed that the position of the Bahraini people is firm in advocating the Palestinian cause and rejecting normalization with Tel Aviv.
People staged fresh demonstrations across the Persian Gulf country. Protesters in al-Markh chanted slogans in protest against normalization of ties, voiced solidarity with the Palestinian nation in their struggle against the occupying regime and called for expulsion of Israeli tourists from Bahrain.