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A different dialogue in the Middle East

"We want to join our hands with yours in order to create for our people and upcoming generations a future where we will live in peace and love as allies," a letter from prominent Iraqi sheikh to Jerusalem think tanks reads.

by  The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Published on  06-25-2020 20:49
Last modified: 06-25-2020 20:49
A different dialogue in the Middle EastEPA/Yahya Nemah

A vendor pours licorice juice during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Idlib, Syria | Photo: EPA/Yahya Nemah

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An interesting virtual meeting was held this week at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the head of the Bedouin tribes of Iraq and Syria, countries numbering about 45 million people.

Sheikh Ali al-Obeidi, the Bedouin tribal leader sent a letter to former Foreign Ministry director general and current president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Ambassador Dore Gold, addressing the people of Israel and writing: "We hope this letter will reach you and the State of Israel. And its people see security, prosperity, and peace. This is a historic letter because we want to join our hands with yours in order to create for our people and upcoming generations a future where we will live in peace and love as allies."

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In his letter to Ambassador Gold, Ali al-Obeidi states that he wants to reach a strategic alliance with Israel hoping to reach a peace agreement between Iraq, Syria, and Israel and establishing full political and economic relations.

The sheikh also states that his goal, together with Israel, is to expel Iranians from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.

The sheikh said, "Army officers, including generals are ready to take immediate action."

The letter was signed with the following: "Our letter is for people who love their homeland, their people and their future. And we are ready to go to Jerusalem – Jerusalem – to visit you and make a new history for the Middle East."

According to Gold, this is an important step to another and different dialogue in the Middle East, a dialogue that can bring about a change in the world and Israel, and it is important to foster it.

Gold said it was important to note that neither the current debate over Israeli application of sovereignty nor the Palestinian issue, arose during the conversation and that this is food for thought for all concerned.

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