When we discuss the root causes of that episode, isn't Israel the elephant in the room?
Only so far as if you are looking at the bigger picture , of which Iraq is one small but currently messy part .
One sign of this would be the Saudi statements that accompanied the resending of the old peace deal offer , they are attempting to take back their big player status from Iran . A result of that attempt has been seen in the Israeli objections to the US arms shipments .