IRAQ: Death Penalty for Normalization with Israel
UNITED WITH ISRAEL 14.05.2022
Iraq’s parliament, the Council of Representatives, advanced draft legislation to criminalize the normalization of ties with Israel on Wednesday. It carries the potential punishment of life imprisonment or execution, The New Arab reported.
According to the London-based news site, the bill specifically targets recent Kurdish efforts to promote relations with Israel in the government, business and media sectors. The legislation is also seen as an Iraqi rejection of the Abraham accords, which normalized Israeli ties with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco.
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