The region has lived, since last Friday, a sensitive moment in its modern history, after the outbreak of the direct confrontation between Israel and Iran, declaring a strategic shift in the balance of regional conflict.
In such exceptional circumstances, attention is directed to the ability of countries to protect their national security and ensure their internal stability, as the Kingdom of Bahrain represented a distinguished model of readiness and planning, as well as its most important bet on the collective awareness of citizens and residents on its soil.
Since the early hours of the state, the state has moved in its various institutions, which its features have been clarified at the meeting of the National Committee for Civil Emergency Management, where the activation of the national emergency plan has been activated with all its operational and logistical components, enhancing coordination between the security and service authorities, as well as the potential scenarios, and raising the degrees of field readiness, while reviewing the strategic stock of food, water, medicine and fuel, And ensuring the availability of medical and shelter capabilities, in a scene that reflects the seriousness and responsibility.
And because security is not completed except by securing the needs of people; The Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed that local markets are subject to strict control, calling on merchants to be responsible and not to use the circumstance by raising prices or monopolizing goods, while emphasizing that the basic commodities are available, and there is no need for any impulsive behaviors such as storage or exaggerated purchase, which requires a rational response from citizens, translating confidence in government procedures.
On the other hand, in the context of ensuring the safety of travelers, Gulf Air has announced the cancellation or rescues of a number of its flights to destinations affected by security developments, stressing that it places the safety of passengers and the crew at the top of its priorities, and takes alternative measures to ensure the comfort of the affected travelers, and this step comes in the context of a precautionary approach that is in line with the state’s vision in reducing risks in light of the regional circumstance.
In the same context, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the citizens present in the areas of tension to be careful and cautious, and to communicate with its communication center in the event of necessity, and also called for the postponement of travel to those countries now. On the environmental level, the Supreme Council for the Environment affirmed the stability of the radiological conditions in the Kingdom, and that monitoring operations are continuing around the clock through the monitoring stations in various governorates, stressing the need to draw information from official sources.
Amid all these relentless efforts, the importance of the popular role is highlighted as a real supplement to government decisions, as the state, with all its institutions, has set its plans and raised its readiness, but success is not achieved without the citizen’s awareness and commitment, and awareness here does not only mean commitment to security and health instructions, but rather it is not drawn behind the rumors, and not contributing to spreading anxiety among people.
We are facing a challenge that the political or security decision is not faced alone, but rather fundamentally reflects the maturity of society and its willingness to act in a spirit of responsibility.
