Israel PM on peace with Bahrain, visit to Sudan

Israeli Cabinet approved rmalization deal with Arab Gulf state of Bahrain on Sunday, a week after two countries agreed to establish formal diplomatic ties.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that an Israeli delegation would be heing to Bahrain "to discuss cooperation in many fields, including immigration, which we are discussing."

deal next requires ratification by Knesset, Israel’s 120-seat parliament. A date for that vote has t yet been set.

Sunday's vote was largely a formality after two countries last week agreed to establish diplomatic relations in wake of signing a U.S.-brokered agreement in September. two countries h long harbored close, clandestine security cooperation over a shared enmity of regional rival Iran.

United Arab Emirates, which signed a separate deal with Israel in September, and Bahrain are w third and fourth Arab states to establish formal diplomatic ties with Israel. Egypt and Jordan signed peace treaties with Israel in 1979 and 1994, respectively.

U.S. says Sudan is also taking steps to start rmalizing relations with Israel.

Palestinians have criticized agreements as a betrayal that erodes longstanding consensus in Arab world that relations with Israel should only come after establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

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