Following an invitation from the Israeli foreign ministry Arab journalists and bloggers from Saudi Arabia Kuwait Iraq and Egypt recently took part in a series of meetings and events in Israel and received tours for five days according to different Israeli news reports.
Concealing the identities of the Arab visitors the ministry said on Twitter that some members of the delegations were from countries not having formal diplomatic relations with the occupation state adding that the visit would allow them to become acquainted with Israel.
A picture which is thought to be of members of the media delegation was published along with the tweet but did not show any faces or identifiable marks.
According to the Jerusalem Post website the delegation included two musicians from Iraq.
This was not the first time Arab journalists visited the Israeli occupation state following an invitation from its foreign ministry. In summer media members from Morocco Lebanon Iraq Yemen and Syria made a similar trip.
Unlike the six Arab persons that came in July one member of the delegation – Saudi blogger Mohamed Saud – was unashamedly willing to be identified and go public. Saud was cursed jeered and spat on by Palestinians when he visited the Aqsa Mosque. He frequently posts content on social media in support of Israel and premier Benjamin Netanyahu.
