Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Illustrative: Iraqi men stand on an Israeli flag and hold a banner depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they take part in a parade marking al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Baghdad, July 1, 2016. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
The Foreign Ministry maintains some form of contact with almost all Arab countries, including ones officially designated as “enemy states” like Iraq, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.
“Over the last twenty years, the Foreign Ministry was always in touch with almost all the players in the Arab World,” said the outgoing director of the Foreign Ministry’s Middle East Division, Haim Regev, during a briefing in Jerusalem.