More than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, attended a conference in autonomous Kurdistan organised by a US think-tank demanding a normalisation of relations between Baghdad and Israel, organisers said Saturday. xThe CPC advocates for normalising relations between Israel and Arab countries, alongside working to establish ties between civil society organisations. Iraqi Kurdistan maintains cordial contacts with Israel, but the federal government in Baghdad does not have diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. “Just as these agreements provide for diplomatic relations between the signatories and Israel, we also want normal relations with Israel,” she said. The 300 participants at the conference came from across Iraq, according to CPC founder Joseph Braude, a US citizen of Iraqi Jewish origin.

Source: The Guardian September 25, 2021 07:41 UTC