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? ~~~~ 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/ ~~~~ 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://www.memri.org/jttm/iran-backed-iraqi-militias-response-normalization-conference-erbil-we-will-attack-israeli 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.jpost.com/middle-east/iraqi-ambassador-inappropriately-quoted-by-media-on-israel-and-palestine-595336 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://themedialine.org/top-stories/despite-calls-for-peace-iraq-israel-normalization-still-a-distant-dream/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/30/iraq-israel-iran-palestine-abraham-accords-middle-east-relations/ https://www.facebook.com/IsraelinIraqi https://twitter.com/naftalibennett/status/1441807050728742912  ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media