Muslim states for an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza. After the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid, an Iraqi government official, MP Khairallah al-Basri (a member of former premier Nouri al-Maliki's Islamist State of Law Coalition), condemned the attack and described it as a "new humanitarian disaster," as well as, "a violation of human rights and a breach of international standards and norms." In July 2012 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that Iraq will establish diplomatic relations with all countries except Israel. Some Iraqi officials and Kurdish leaders have accused the Iraqi government of secretly smuggling oil to Israel. Kurdish MP, Farhad al-Atroushi, accused the Iraqi government of smuggling oil to Israel via Jordan. The allegation was denied by Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani and Jordan's Information and Communication Minister Rakan al-Majali. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki denied the allegation as well and in turn accused Iraqi Kurdistan of smuggling oil to Israel. Before the 2017 Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, Israel was the only major world power that supported the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan. In the subsequent Iraqi offensive to retake territories in Iraq which had been held by the Peshmerga since ISIL's Northern Iraq offensive in 2014 (known as the Kirkuk Crisis), the Iraqi army quickly overran territories captured by the Kurdish Peshmerga outside the borders of Iraqi Kurdistan during the war on ISIL, including the city of Kirkuk. During the brief war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied world powers to prevent further setbacks for the Iraqi Kurds, On May 26, 2022, the Iraqi Council of Representatives passed a bill put forward by Muqtada al-Sadr prohibiting the normalization of relations with Israel, as well as "financial or moral assistance" to the country. Any violators of the law will be given either the death penalty or life imprisonment. Out of the 329 seats, 275 voted in favour of the bill, which will also be enforced on foreign companies in Iraq, members of the Iraqi diaspora, organizations, and foreigners visiting Iraq. The United States Department of State accused Iraq of "jeopardizing freedom of expression and promoting an environment of antisemitism" in response. British Foreign officials also expressed concerns about the law's implications. See also Iraq–Palestine relations Iraqi Jews in Israel Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Kurdish relations International recognition of Israel References Arab–Israeli conflict Israel Bilateral relations of Israel