Despite the fact that the Iraqi has a Shiite government, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi does not personally contradict Israel, and the policy of Shiite leaders has been greatly influenced by Iran and the current atmosphere is considered a serious obstacle for interaction between officials in Iraq and Israel. During the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the UAE, and subsequently Israel with Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco, few advisers to the Prime Minister have been requesting and insisting that Iraq has to be involved in the peace deal. Mushreq Abbas, Advisor to Iraqi PM and the director of Al Hayat's in Iraq, is an Iraqi official who has attempted hard to establish informal interactions between Baghdad and Tel Aviv. In this regard, with the help of Mushreq Abbas, five focused meetings have been held in the British and American embassies over the past year with the participation of the Iraqi elite to discuss ways to normalize relations between Iraq and Israel