A joint American-Israeli delegation, which flew on an El Al plane out of Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday morning landed in Bahrain in the early afternoon for discussions on bilateral agreements following an announcement last month to normalize relations. National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, who led the Israeli delegation, delivered a speech upon arrival to the airport in Manama, opening in Arabic and continuing in Hebrew. He quoted from Beraishis: “‘Let there be light, and there was light. And G-d saw it was good.’ Let us bring light and goodness.” Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al- Zayani spoke and called for a “genuine and lasting peace…leading to a truly peaceful, secure, stable and thriving Middle East.” The U.S. delegation is led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz, who also spoke at the ceremony in the airport upon arriving in Bahrain. ראש המל"ל מאיר בן שבת בשדה התעופה בבחריין, בשפה הערבית: "מודים למלך אאל ח'ליפה על הנהגתו באומץ. מקווים שזה ייצור חברות חמה בינינו. ישראל מושיטה ידה לשלום אמיתי לעם הבחרייני. ביחד נשנה את פני האזור לטובת עמינו. אני מודה לאמריקנים על מאמציהם, אנשאללה נארח אתכם בישראל בקרוב" pic.twitter.com/YAHExBfGY5 — כאן חדשות (@kann_news) October 18, 2020 The arrival to #BAH in Manama, Bahrain of flight 973 @EL_AL_AIRLINES #AbrahamAccords pic.twitter.com/f4ofVbwGLH — USEmbassyJerusalem (@usembassyjlm) October 18, 2020 Berkowitz recorded the captain’s pre-takeoff message on the flight, an idea he said he “borrowed” from Jared Kushner, who did the same on the historic flight to the United Arab Emirates.