Haifa University and the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence in Bahrain on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote coexistence between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, the Haifa University said in a statement.
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Under the new agreement, the two institutions will work together on special development programs to advocate for tolerance and coexistence in the Middle East as well as educational leadership programs for young people in the region.
"Tolerance and pluralism are the qualities that characterize the campus of [the] University of Haifa, and we are proud and excited about this historic cooperation with Bahrain for the benefit of all the people in the region," said Haifa University President Prof. Ron Robin.
The MOU is the third such agreement Haifa University has signed with institutions in the Arab world following the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and four Arab countries.
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The other two agreements were signed with institutions in the United Arab Emirates — Zayed University and the UAE's National Archives and Library.
"Israel in general and Haifa, in particular, have so many common values with our center and with Bahrain, especially diversity and pluralism," said Dr. Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence.
"Together, we will work to improve our shared destiny, not only for Bahrainis and Israelis but for the entire Middle East," he said.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
