Iraqis warming to Israel?

By

Apparently, some are. More concerned with the threat from Iran, some Sunnis, at least, are privately talking about warming uip to Israel. Israpundit quotes a Knight—Ridder dispatch:

Since results from Iraq's national assembly election trickled out this week showing that Shiite Muslims —many backed by neighboring Iran — would dominate the new parliament, Sunni Muslims have begun to ask: Is Israel really Iraq's enemy, or is it neighboring Iran?

Sunnis are often not comfortable talking openly about Israel, especially in a region where most Arabs won't refer to it by name and blame Israel for the conflict with the Palestinians. But privately many said Israel has not done anything lately to harm them; Iran has.

Apparently the memory of Iraq's eight—year war with Iran in the 1980s and the more recent attempts by Iran to influence Iraq's majority Shiite population have overwhelmed recollections of Israel's 1981 bombing of a French—built nuclear reactor near Baghdad. [....]

Mithal al Alusi just ran a campaign for a seat on the new parliament while calling for stronger ties between Israel and Iraq, and appears to have won a seat.

In May 2004, al Alusi publicly admitted to visiting Israel the year before and faced repeated assassination attempts apparently provoked by the visit. His only two sons were assassinated in January because of his support of Iraqi—Israeli cooperation, he said.

But he said that some Iraqis are warming to a stronger relationship with Israel, in part because they are frightened of Iran's influence.

If you experience technical problems, please write to helpdesk@americanthinker.com

Most Read


Last 24 Hours

Reza Pahlavi at CPAC? Big mistake
New York Greenlights Quarantine Camps
A MAGA Siege of the Democrats’ Deep State
Reality Check for Democrats
Defending Donald Trump: A Response to Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic on the Signal Leak

Last 7 Days

Reza Pahlavi at CPAC? Big mistake
Righteous Attacks Bringing the Left to Heel
Public School Teachers: The Stupidest Creatures on the Planet
Think USAID was bad? You ain't seen nothin' yet.
Hegseth boards plane flanked by two ‘bada**’ women, and the politically correct capitulation tour continues