Madden as ‘Right here’s Bahrain’ delegation visits Israel

A Bahraini delegation’s focus on over with to Israel amid ongoing controversy over the US decision to circulate its embassy to Jerusalem and recognise town as Israel’s capital has sparked infuriate on social media.

The interfaith « Right here’s Bahrain » civil society neighborhood defended its circulate on Monday, a day after its focus on over with changed into reported, as a gesture of tolerance.

« The initiative by ‘Right here’s Bahrain’ is essentially essentially based on the precept of tolerance and coexistence, an methodology embraced by the Kingdom of Bahrain and a characteristic of its society, and goals to focus on over with Islamic, Christian, Jewish and other holy sites correct by the arena, » the neighborhood stated, in accordance with a assertion carried on Bahrain’s suppose recordsdata.

The 25-member neighborhood, which is on a five-day focus on over with, involves Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders, Christians, the chief of a Hindu temple, and a Sikh.

The #Bahrain_resists_normalisation hashtag changed into outmoded correct by Twitter as of us vented their frustrations.

The circulate comes after US President Donald Trump formally recognised Jerusalem because the capital of Israel, a declaration that has caused frequent infuriate correct by the Muslim world.

Jerusalem is house to Islam’s 1/three holiest region and its set aside is deeply sensitive for Muslims.

Listed below are some social media reactions: 

Hussein Youssef, a Bahraini journalist and blogger, stated: « Right here’s Bahrain has implemented a bunch of activities supported by legit figures in Bahrain, however its most trendy circulate of sending a delegation to Israel makes any affiliation with it a criminal act, and more.

If any of the groups’ members denounce presumably the most trendy circulate, then they’re going to calm in an instant expose their withdrawal from it. Continuing to be a section of this organisation to any extent additional will most life like possible imply endorsing its agenda, which would no longer describe the of us of Bahrain. »

أهل #البحرين أهل وفاء وموقفهم ثابت: #القدس_عاصمتنا_الأبدية.
والوفد الذي دنس القدس يمثل من ارسله ولا يمثلنا. أما فاضل فتيل… فله الخزي كل الخزي، والعار كل العار، عار وخزي ملحق بمن أرسله

— حسين يوسف (@hussain_info) December 10, 2017

Basmah al-Qassab, a Bahraini blogger, stated: « I agree with that the Zionist entity [Israel] is an unjust occupier. The delegation’s focus on over with to occupied East Jerusalem is disagreeable and wicked, and its claim that it represents the Bahraini of us is spurious and is insulting to the Bahraini of us. »

أنا باسمة القصاب من البحرين، أعتبر الكيان الصهيوني غاصباً ومحتلاً، والزيارة التي قام بها وفد جمعية « هذه هي البحرين » للقدس المحتلة عار أخلاقي وإنساني، وادعاء الوفد تمثيل الشعب البحريني إساءة للبحرينيين، وأعلن برائتي من هذا الفعل ومن قام به ودعمه. #البحرين_تقاوم_التطبيع

— باسمة القصاب (@bqassab) December 10, 2017

Nazeeha Saeed, a dissident Bahraini journalist, stated: « Right here’s Bahrain would no longer describe Bahrain!!! You name yourselves a multi non secular delegation … Make no longer employ our nation’s identify to your counterfeit calls to peace and tolerance. »

« هذه هي البحرين » لا يمثل البحرين!!! سموا روحكم الوفد الواقواقي او المتعدد الديانات.. لا تدنسوا اسم وطننا بدعواتكم المزيفة للسلام والتسامح #عار #البحرين_ضد_التطبيع https://t.co/1MHCSjsBMe

— Nazeeha Saeed (@nazihasaeed) December 10, 2017

Raeda Sabt, a Bahraini social influencer, stated: « Bahrain’s pork up for the Palestinian cause is documented in historical past books, and we won’t accept of us that gape to tarnish Bahrain’s popularity and discredit its historical past by normalisation [visiting Israel] – a circulate has deal injure us. »

دعم #البحرين للقضية الفلسطينية مسجّل ومدوّن وثابت في كتب التاريخ القديم والحديث، ولا يمكن القبول بمن يريد تشويه سمعة البحرين، وتلطيخ تاريخ الدعم البحريني؛ بزيارة تطبيعية أساءت لنا كثيرا، وتسببت بتلطيخ سمعة البحرين بين الشعوب العربية والإسلامية
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من مقال د.ابراهيم الشيخ* pic.twitter.com/GcHqrESwlC

— رائدة – البحرين (@RaedaSabt) December Eleven, 2017

Twitter user Maitham Almosawi wrote: « Shame and shame will hang-out the neighborhood that gave up their dignity in the fingers of the Zionist entity. And thank God for those that had been ready to shed light on the real fact in the support of these counterfeit of us. »

العار والخزي في الدنيا والآخرة سيلاحق هذه الزمرة التي أهدرت كرامتها بأحضان الكيان الغاصب #بحرينيون_ضد_التطبيع

والشكر لله كثير الشكر على تبيين حقيقة هذه الشخصيات المزيفة لكل المشككين في السابق على إعوجاج أصحابها

— S.Maitham Almosawi (@mmosaw1bh) December 10, 2017

User @SultanAlBahrain stated most Bahrainis opposed the focus on over with and agree with Jerusalem belongs to Israel, no topic Trump’s sentiments. 

Most of #Bahrain of us are in opposition to the focus on over with of neighborhood of few Bahraini’s who visited #Israel no longer too prolonged in the past and we are all in opposition to #POTUS assertion that #Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. All of us agree with that Jerusalem belong to #Palestine diminutive doubt! No topic @realDonaldTrump says.

— M.I. Bahrain (@SultanAlBahrain) December 10, 2017

« As Israel changed into dropping bombs on Gaza, and Palestinians had been protesting Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, King Hamad of Bahrain sends delegation to bring ‘message of peace’ to Israel, » user @chanadbh tweeted.

So sweet. As Israel changed into dropping bombs on Gaza, and Palestinians had been protesting Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, King Hamad of Bahrain sends delegation to bring « message of peace » to Israel https://t.co/WBNWUwJvvm @BetsyBBahrain pic.twitter.com/zB56h6fs5e

— Chan’advert Bahraini (@chanadbh) December Eleven, 2017