In addition, the interlocutors pointed out to the Israeli pressures on the international community to get the Kurds out of the referendum crisis. On contrary, others emphasize that the goal of freezing the referendum is to keep the situation as it is and postpone its application to another time, as well as use its results as an advantage when negotiating with the Center. Also, an emphasis was placed on the necessity to control emotions and that all Iraqis must work to build a clear unitary project. Lastly, an analysis was made on the statement of Mr. Prime Minister based on development instead of conflicts and war.

Conclusions:

·         The corrupted and unpatriotic people are the ones who rode the wave of sectarian discourse that affected Iraq so much, as those corrupted persons took on senior and leadership positions in Iraq after 2003.

·         There is a state of intellectual confusion among the youth of Kurdistan Region, which is one of the outputs of the attitudes of some political Kurdish leaderships during the last fifteen years.

·         The phenomenon of components is normal if it is associated with the subsidiary customs, social life and identities, resulting in a creative diversity; however, the phenomenon in Iraq got into the state’s administration and the political life.

·         The origin of problems in Iraq after 2003 is the sectarian and nationalist parties, due to their political activity using inflammatory language that penetrates the state and turns it into a shop to fence their sectarian goods.

·         There is a direction by the international powers towards an Arab-Iraqi, knowing that this type of convergence often has a specific cost.

Recommendations:

·         We really need a societal culture that adopts a criterion to select the leaders and executives, and this criterion must be an accurate measurement tool in the hand of people to distinguish between those who serve the country and those who destroy it.

·         The shock experienced by most of Kurdistan’s young people must be treated, in order to prevent them becoming rebels and frustrated at the entire surrounding environment, and it is necessary for Baghdad and the Region to participate together in that reform.

·         The state and the political life must not take the approach of components, especially when adopting this in the constitution, as this will lead the state to behave according to it and to be an interface of the factional interests, which creates corruption and sectarianism.

·         In order to achieve reformation in the political process, the ruling parties must admit their mistakes during the last years, and they must work to strengthen the structure of the state to prevent its use as an executive tool by the parties.

·         The Iraqi government must understand the cost of convergences with the region’s states, as the region is moving towards historical qualifications, which is a reason to be cautious in every external step taken by Iraq.

Names of some participating members during the week:

(1)   Dr. Amira Al-Baldawi

(2)   Dr. Mazhar Mohammed Saleh

(3)   Mr. Sardar Abdullah

(4)   Mr. Hisham Al-Rikabi

(5)   Mr. Mahdi Bahr Al-'Ulum

(6)   Mr. Ali Al-Tamimi

(7)   Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hindawi

(8)   Mr. Najah Al-Ali

(9)   Mr. Husam Al-Ghazali

(10)  Dr. Azzam Alloush

(11)  Mr. Mustafa Saadoon