Baghdad says it will arrest all 300 participants at event in Kurdistan that called for peace, once it can establish who they are; Sahar al-Ta'i, Wisam al-Hardan were main speakers

Dr. Sahar Karim al-Ta'i, recently in running to become a minister, says she is ready to give it all for normalization: 'We can live under repression or we can die with courage'

PM praises gathering of hundreds of Sunni and Shiite notables, says 'recognition of the historical injustice done to the Jews of Iraq is especially important'

Federal government says the statements by 300 prominent figures is 'not representative' of the population

At Erbil conference, participants also call for rebuilding ties with the country's dispossessed Jewish diaspora; normalization remains a crime under Iraqi law

Unprecedented event in Erbil features Sunni and Shiite leaders and activists demanding that Baghdad join Abraham Accords; Lapid: Event in Iraq is a 'source of hope and optimism'

Outgoing Middle East Division head Haim Regev says 'enemy states' among many countries that Israel's in touch with, though list does not include Lebanon, Syria and Yemen

FM Katz backs growing anti-government rallies, praises Iraqis' 'long & glorious history'

In censuring Bahrain for defending strikes, Baghdad says it believes ‘Zionist enemy’ behind explosions at bases housing Iran-backed fighters

Ahmad al-Assadi, member of parliamentary bloc representing pro-Iran militias, says Iraq readying to file complaint at the UN over series of drone attacks on paramilitary groups