"‘He will not do anything useful during his tour. How can there be any peace with Israel while it kills Palestinian people on a daily basis,’ he commented, adding the almost universal Arab perception that ‘America supports Israel.’ ‘Not only the Shias are not interested in this visit. Even Sunnis in Bahrain find it useless,’ he said, as a leftist association grouping Sunnis and Shias planned an anti-visit sit-in on Friday. A Shia taxi driver cruising the streets of Manama listening to the Arabic service of Radio Iran said Washington wants to scare the Arabs from Iran. ‘Arabs are powerless. America controls them. It tells them that Iran is a threat,’ he said."