Iraq’s parliament reinstates ban on Israeli flag

BAGHDAD -- Iraq’s parliament voted unanimously to activate a lapsed law that criminalizes displaying the Israeli flag in public, an unexpected step that comes in response to a Kurdish bid to secede. The move illustrates both the deep injury Iraq’s Arab majority felt when the nation’s Kurds held an independence referendum last month — and […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/11/01/iraqs-parliament-reinstates-ban-on-israeli-flag/