On Shabbos (16 Kislev 5782) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani commented on Lebanon's Hezbollah. He said that Lebanon needs to demonstrate that its powerful Iran-allied Hezbollah movement can change its behaviour. This would be a necessary step to improve relations with Gulf states. Previously, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain expelled leading diplomats and recalled their own.