Since a December visit by a delegation from Bahrain to Israel ties have been warming between states that are officially enemies, reported the Middle East Eye (MEE), noting that “they have more in common than it seems”.

Although Betsy Mathieson, secretary-general of the Bahrain Federation of Expatriate Associations and organizer of "This Is Bahrain" campaign, denied that she received any funds from the Bahraini government yet she didn't reveal the sources of the campaign's mysterious funding.