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Last update - 00:25 04/07/2009
Bahrain officials visit Israel for first time
By Reuters
Tags: Israel News 

Bahraini officials visited Israel in an official capacity for the first time on Friday to collect five of their nationals Israel was deporting, a Bahraini news report and an Israeli official said.

The Bahrain News Agency said the delegation was sent by the interior and foreign ministries to collect the five Bahrainis, who were detained on a boat bound for Gaza from Cyprus this week while trying to break the Israeli blockade on the territory.

An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman confirmed the delegation's arrival and said it was the first time officials from the Gulf state had visited Israel in an official capacity.
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"This is the first time Bahrainis have visited Israel but their only purpose was to process their nationals and fly them out, there is no other significance to their visit," spokesman Yigal Palmor said.

The Bahrain News Agency said the officials had arrived by air at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

The Israel navy intercepted and seized their small ferry boat on Tuesday. The vessel, operated by the U.S.-based Free Gaza Movement, was carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid to the Gaza Strip from Cyprus.

The Israel navy maintains a blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas.
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  1.   Let the Bahrainis out, but... 02:34  |  Jasper 04/07/09
  2.   Israeli hospitality 03:26  |  US CITIZEN 04/07/09
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  5.   Bah,Bah,Bah....Bahrain 07:00  |  chappaqua neighbor 04/07/09
  6.   how dod you deport people who cannot be put on a plane home 08:27  |  v hardman 04/07/09
  7.   US Citizen 19:19  |  American in NY 04/07/09
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