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Iraqi Sunni Tribal Leader Ali Hatem Al-Suleiman Responds to PM Al-Sudani's Remarks That Iraq Would Not Recognize Israel: It's Just Electioneering - Israel Isn't Waiting for Our Recognition; Iraqi Poli
Iraqi Sunni tribal leader Ali Hatem Al-Suleiman said in a June 2, 2025 appearance on Sky News Arabiya (UAE) that Israel is not waiting for Iraq to recognize it, calling it a 'done deal' and stating that there is nothing Iraq can do about it. He dismissed statements such as those made by Prime Minister Al-Sudani, according to which Iraq has no intention of recognizing Israel, as mere election slogans, and he added: 'You'll see that the first people to recognize Israel will be Iraqi politicians.'
