"A planned conference in support of the Bahraini uprising caused a stir among opposition activists after it was revealed that prominent pro-Israeli figures were invited to attend.
“Americans for Democracy and Human rights in Bahrain,” a conference organized by the Institute for Gulf Affairs, was supposed to be held in Washington Wednesday.
An informed opposition source said that the conference has been postponed but didn’t disclose the reasons behind the change of plans.
The goal of the conference was to shed light on the ongoing human rights violations occurring in Bahrain, especially as they are receiving very little media attention in the Arab world.
According to the Institute for Gulf Affairs website, the event was intended to be a follow up to a previous conference held in Beirut last summer.
However, a closer look at the names of the participants raised questions about how far the opposition was willing to go in order to be heard?
Among those invited by the organizers to attend, for example, are Elliot Abrams, US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Simon Henderson from the Washington Institute for Near East Affairs, all of whom are well-known for their unswerving support for Israel."
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