Bahrain votes to stop contacts with Israel
Middle East • October 2009 • Views: 373
Bahrain’s parliament on Tuesday approved legislation penalizing contacts with Israel, a move which could complicate Gulf Arab leaders’ efforts to promote peace talks with Israel.
“Whoever holds any communication or official talks with Israeli officials or travels to Israel will face a fine … and/or a jail sentence of three to five years,” member of parliament Jalal Fairooz from the Shiite al-Wefaq bloc, an opposition group that was the driving force behind the move.