Are Iraqis Really Calling For Peace With Israel?
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English - October 13, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture analysis israel jewish news weekly Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After hundreds of Iraqi leaders spoke out for normalizing relations with Israel, and potentially joining the Abraham Accords, but then very quickly retracted their call. Rivky tells the whole story, including the history of Jewish Iraq, and asks, what should we make of this story?
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After hundreds of Iraqi leaders spoke out for normalizing relations with Israel, and potentially joining the Abraham Accords, but then very quickly retracted their call. Rivky tells the whole story, including the history of Jewish Iraq, and asks, what should we make of this story?
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Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/
Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked
Teaching about this topic? Check out our relevant educator resources here: https://unpacked.education/why-did-iraqis-call-for-peace-with-israel/
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Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/opinion/israel-uae.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraq-abraham-accords-israel-sunni-shiite-11632495291
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-expulsion-that-backfired-when-iraq-kicked-out-its-jews/
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/iraq-virtual-jewish-history-tour
https://unpacked.education/video/resolution-181-the-zionist-dream-comes-true/
https://unpacked.education/video/six-day-war-project/
https://unpacked.education/podcast/the-yom-kippur-war-a-national-catastrophe/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44466573
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44466573
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/calls-peace-israel-backfire-after-iraqi-conference-n1280301
https://www.facebook.com/210288219549415/posts/402912500286985/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/IsraelinIraqi
https://twitter.com/naftalibennett/status/1441807050728742912
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Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media