Iraq s Muqtada Al-Sadr warns of looming normalisation with Israel February 11, 2021 at 1:11 pm | Published in: Iraq, Israel, Middle East, News
Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr delivers a statement in which he backed early elections overseen by the United Nations, in an extremely rare press conference outside his home in Iraq s holy city Najaf, on 10 February 2021. [ALI NAJAFI/AFP via Getty Images] February 11, 2021 at 1:11 pm
Leader of the Iraqi Sadrist Movement and prominent Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr said yesterday that his movement will not allow normalisation between Iraq and Israel, even if the price is blood . Normalisation is at the door, and the parliament must prevent this. We will not allow normalisation at all, even if it costs us blood, Al-Sadr told reporters in the southern city of Najaf.
Wednesday 20/01/2021
A file photo shows anti-government protesters chanting slogans and holding a placard in Arabic that reads “Iran out, all Islamic parties I want my right” during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq. (AP)
BAGHDAD – A new political party recently established in Iraq called the “October 25 Movement” is provoking the anger of Islamist parties after adopting a secularist plank, daringly criticising Iran and expressing openness to normalisation with Israel.
The party’s Secretary-General Talal Hariri said his party “was established with a purely secular liberal vision that raised the slogan of the economy first and puts the aspirations of the Iraqi nation at the forefront.”