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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Bahrain’s Minister of Defense Affairs bdullah Bin Hassan Al Noaimi. Photo: Ariel Hermoni / Ministry of Defense
JNS.org – Military ties between Israel and Bahrain are strengthening, and naval cooperation between regional countries under American leadership is one of the largest of its kind in the world, a senior American naval commander has told Makor Rishon.
In a report published on Thursday, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of the US Naval Forces in Central Command, said the importance of the presence of the United States Fifth Fleet in Bahrain lies in strengthening military ties between Israel and Bahrain.
Cooper noted that the signing of the Abraham Accords and the transfer of Israel into the US military’s CENTCOM (Central Command, responsible for the Middle East) area of responsibility, away from EUCOM, are two new factors that can be used to further strengthen regional naval security.
On Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz landed in Manama, Bahrain, for the first official visit by the head of Israel’s defense establishment to the Gulf country.
Gantz was joined on the trip by senior Israeli military officials, including Commander of the Israeli Navy Vice Adm. David Saar Salama; Military Secretary to the Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Yaki Dolf; and Zohar Palti, director of the policy and political-military bureau.
