The Druze minister Ayoob Kara, who has special responsibility for relations between Israel and Arab countries, has revealed to the Jerusalem Post that a Bahraini princess' treatment in an Israeli hospital set the ball rolling towards 'normalisation' between Bahrain and Israel ten years later (with thanks: Lily):
Israel’s treatment of Bahraini princess Fatima bint Khalifa in 2010
helped pave the way for the normalization deal between the two
countries a decade later, former communications Minister Ayoub Kara said
on Tuesday. “I believed in 2010 that we had an opportunity
to [have] good relations with the Gulf states,” Kara said.
Israeli-Bahraini ties.
He spoke at the second annual Israeli-Palestinian Economic Forum, which
was held last year in Jerusalem and was transformed this year into a
virtual event. Kara recalled how ten years ago he had helped facilitate
the Bahraini princess’ treatment at Haifa’s
Rambam Hospital, with an eye to creating an opening for formalized “This was the beginning of the process,” he said. The entire
incident was “very discreet” known only to the princess, her husband,
himself and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kara said. “She was very
sick” and believed that she could be treated in Israel,
Kara said.
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