Israel has reportedly set up a new office in an unidentified country in the Persian Gulf region following the closure of its missions in Arab states over the past years.
According to Israeli Foreign Ministryâ„¢s economic plan for 2013-2014, Tel Aviv has set up 11 new diplomatic missions in different countries since 2010 including an office in a Persian Gulf state, the website of Haâ„¢aretz reported.
Israelâ„¢s diplomatic mission in Oman was closed after the Second Intifada in 2000 and Qatar shut down Tel Avivâ„¢s office in 2009 after Israel carried out the Molten Lead operation against the besieged Gaza Strip.
However, documents published by the whistleblower website, the Wikileaks, in 2010 indicate that Israeli diplomats have been in contact with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates over the past few years over the possible opening of a mission.
According to one of the disclosed cables dated August 2005, then Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa told the deputy American Ambassador in Manama that he had met Å“Israelâ„¢s roving ambassador, Bruce Kashdan” and Bahrain has had Å“quiet, businesslike contacts with Israel for some time.”
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