Bahrain's foreign minister will travel to Israel Bahrain's foreign minister will travel to Israel on Wednesday for a first official delegation, and is due to meet PM Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates established formal ties with Israel in a U.S.-brokered deal signed at the White House on Sept. 15. Sudan has since said it would also formalize relations with Israel, a former foe. Bahrain's Abdullatif Al-Zayani's trip to Israel will coincide with a visit there by Pompeo. They will hold a three-way meeting with Netanyahu. Source: Reuters/Walla News