As Foreign Minister Lapid tours Manama and meets top officials ahead of embassy inauguration, Gulf Air plane is welcomed in Israel, kicking off regular air service

1st visit to Gulf country by minister since diplomatic relations established; nations to confirm water, environment, sport deals; direct Manama-Tel Aviv flights launched

Kingdom's only synagogue lit up to remember 1938 assault by Nazis on Jews and their property in Germany - part of global 'Let There Be Light' campaign against anti-Semitism, racism

Agreement signed by King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence confirms cooperation with State Department on tackling anti-Semitism and delegitimization of Israel

Landmark agreement to establish ties with Emirates will enter into force once government in Abu Dhabi issues ratification decree

Peace treaty with UAE will be brought to ministers for final ratification during weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday

Qatar and Syria also slam Netanyahu's comments; Saudi Arabia calls for emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Saudi-owned paper says Israeli PM recently dispatched envoy to Bahrain to suggest meeting, but the Gulf nation's leader said 'the times has not yet come'

Ibrahim Abu Zahra decides to change the name of Bahrain Street in Yatta, says Gulf kingdom acting as if it is 'a state of the United States'

Majdi al-Khaldi says Muscat operated diplomatic office in West Bank in 1990s but later closed it; four Arab states currently maintain representation in Ramallah