Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied Turkish President Recep Erdogan's statement that "Israeli organizations" allegedly participated in the preparation of a referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Erdogan said on September 29 that the Israeli flags in the referendum on independence "prove only one thing: the Kurdish government has a common history with the Mossad."

In a referendum, 92% of the region's population voted for its independence.

Binyamin Netanyahu, opening the government meeting on the morning of October 1, said: "Those who support Hamas, everywhere the" Mossad "looks. But Israel had nothing to do with the Kurdish referendum - except that we have a profound natural sympathy for the Kurdish people and their aspirations. "