Iraqi Parliament Passes Legislation Criminalizing Contact With Israel on Pain of Death | Algemeiner.com

Iraq’s parliament has passed legislation that would make contact between Iraqi citizens and Israelis a crime punishable with a lifetime prison sentence or even the death penalty.
At a session attended by 275 members of the 329-seat Iraqi parliament on Thursday, the legislative body voted in favor of a bill with the title “Criminalizing Normalization and Establishment of Relations with the Zionist Entity.” Earlier drafts of the legislation had used the word “Banning” instead of “Criminalizing,” the Kurdish news outlet Rudaw reported.