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Kurds And Israel

  • Why do state-seeking Palestinians oppose Kurdish independence vote?

    The fact that Israel supported the referendum was a decisive factor in the Palestinians’ opposition.

  • Minister for Regional Cooperation Tzahi Hanegbi visits Kurdish children in a hospital in Israel

    Israel saves Kurdish children with heart disease despite Erdogan criticism

    To date, Israel's regional cooperation ministry has funded the life-saving treatment of about 500 children with heart diseases from Iraq, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Jordan.

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

    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.

  • Has Israel flip-flopped on Kurdish independence?

    Despite Netanyahu's apparent backtrack, Jerusalem would likely welcome an independent Kurdistan as an important ally.

    By CHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE

  • 'You call for democracy but don’t support it': Kurds lash out at West

    Where were the international monitors and observers, the former US Presidents and senators?

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • Turkey

    Erdogan threatens halting relations with Israel amid Kurdish independence vote

    Israel is the only nation to publicly support the Kurdish independence referendum.

    By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF

  • Turkish Kurds

    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.

    By VEYSI DAG

  • WILL THERE be a ‘Deal of the Century?’

    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.

    By DAVID L. PHILLIPS

  • A Syrian Kurd refugee in Iraq

    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.

    By MANUEL LEITI/PASSAR HARIKY

  • 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.

    By QANTA AHMED

  • 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.

    By MAKVAN KASHEIKAL

  • Israel should arm the Kurds

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

    By RACHEL AVRAHAM

  • A STATUE of a Peshmerga fighter

    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.

    By MOHAMED 'MERA' BAKR

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