Anti-normalization protests erupted in the streets of the Bahraini capital of Manama after Friday prayer yesterday.

Protesters held up banners denouncing normalisation, with the unified slogan “Anti-normalisation Friday”, along with a photo of a masked Palestinian.

#Israel Sends Delegation to #Bahrain to Begin Formal Diplomatic, Commercial Relations https://t.co/xJnEN5tUBf via @PalestineChron #normalization pic.twitter.com/ZdRdr7D1rw

— @palestinechron (@PalestineChron) October 21, 2020

Bahrain’s normalization agreement with Israel was met with widespread anger, despite tight security restrictions, as well as the summoning of the demonstration organizers and participants, forcing them to sign an order to stay off the streets and not to engage in disruptive activities.

The protesters expressed their rejection of normalisation by carrying banners with the slogans: “Normalization is treason”, “We reject submission, humiliation and surrender to the instructions of the US and Britain” and “Israel is a cancer that must be eradicated, and we will”.

#US President Announces #Sudan Normalizing Ties with #Israel https://t.co/YkxXPVbQkw via @PalestineChron #normalization #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/sHkIE6V9mj

— @palestinechron (@PalestineChron) October 23, 2020

Other slogans stated: “We will never surrender” and “Normalization is shameful, it is a betrayal”.

After Bahrain announced normalizing relations with Israel, the hashtag “Bahrainis against normalisation” was widely circulated by Bahraini activists on Twitter.

The Emirati and Bahraini normalisation agreements with Israel were categorically rejected by the Palestinian authorities and factions, who considered the decision as a betrayal of Al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem and the Palestinian cause.

(MEMO, PC, Social Media)