Kurds and Israel

Kurds mark Kurdistan flag day with calls for unity, freedom

Kurdish communities across the globe honored their national symbol on Wednesday, reflecting on decades of struggle, pride, and the ongoing fight for autonomy.

Flag of Kurdistan.
Body bags lie at Sweida National Hospital, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes, and government forces, in Syria’s predominantly Druze city of Sweida in July.

Israeli Druze doctor builds secret medical lifeline for besieged Sweida - exclusive

Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during the pan-Kurdish "Unity and Consensus" conference in Qamishli in northeastern Syria on April 26, 2025.

Why Israel’s security interests now depend on supporting the Kurds - opinion

IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi (right) speaks with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Istanbul in June. The North Kurdistan political movement is under Ankara’s harsh pressure. In Iran, Kurds face systematic suppression, says the writer.

Kurds and Israel: Distant proximity, strategic partnership - opinion


Turkey’s policies and the Kurds in the Middle East

All Kurdish groups are considered by the Turkish government as “terrorists” who do not represent the Kurds in any way, and the Turkish state ironically sees its duty as one of controlling the Kurds.

Turkish Kurds look towards the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from the top of a hill close to the border line between Turkey and Syria near Mursitpinar bordergate

Abandoning the Kurds gives Iran free rein in Syria

President Donald J. Trump’s decision to quit Syria opens the door for Iran to expand its influence in Syria, jeopardizing Israel’s security.

WILL THERE be a ‘Deal of the Century?’

Analysis of geostrategic options for the Kurds in west and south Kurdistan

The Kurds are divided into four oppressor states, two of which – Turkey and Iran – are also key regional power brokers. Divided Kurdish forces have had to work together to survive.

A Syrian Kurd refugee in Iraq 390

It is time for the U.S. to help liberate the Kurds

The Kurds have every right to nationhood adhering to a destiny without fear of persecution.

An Israeli woman of Kurdish origin holds a Kurdish flag

Time for the West to follow Israel's example

Israel is the only real democracy in the Middle East, a country that defends Western Christian-Jewish culture, democracy, human dignity and humanism, but is criticized nevertheless.

Kurds celebrate to show their support for the independence referendum in Duhok, Iraq, September 26, 2017.

MKs unite to support Kurdish people at Knesset

This first-of-its-kind Knesset event was chaired by Ksenia Svetlova, the Chairperson of the Lobby for Strengthening the Relationship between the State of Israel and the Kurdish People.

The international legal forum in support for an independent Kurdish state.

Israel should arm the Kurds

As a result, the Kurds lost the ability to sell Kirkuk oil.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are seen yesterday in the Karez area west of Mosul, Iraq.

The Kurds and Kirkuk, before and after October 16

The Kurds of Kirkuk do not go out at night because they are afraid and do not trust Iraqi forces. Before October 16, Kurds ruled the city, but now are treated as a minority.

A STATUE of a Peshmerga fighter in Kirkuk.

Preventing an ISIS resurgence

US coalition shifts Iraq operations as last terrorists cleared out

Iraqi army members participate in a live ammunition training exercise with coalition forces trainers at Taji base in August 2017

Was Israel wrong to support Kurdish independence?

Erbil is now paying the price for its mistake.

Hadassa Yeshurun holds Kurdish and Israeli flags in her music video