Posts Tagged: Kurdish independence
Has Israel’s Support for Kurdistan’s Independence Helped or Harmed the Kurds?
Israel’s public support for the referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence roused many demons from their slumber. The question now to be asked is whether the...
Backing the Kurds Is the Best Bet to Check Iran’s Expansion
The US and Israel should throw their full weight behind the Kurds and their quest for independence. A Kurdish state represents the biggest opportunity to...
Baghdad Refuses Kurdish Offer to Freeze Independence Vote
Baghdad on Thursday dismissed an offer from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to freeze the outcome of a vote for independence last month in a bid to...
Iraq’s Kurds Offer to Freeze Results of Independence Vote as Part of Dialogue With Baghdad
Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region has offered to freeze the results of its controversial independence vote as part of a dialogue with Baghdad. The proposal was unlikely...
Independence for Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan's recent referendum on whether to declare independence from Baghdad garnered only slight attention in the US. Even the overwhelming vote (93 percent favored...
Kurdish Statehood Adversaries Target Israel’s Stance to Rally Opposition
JNS.org - In the predominantly Muslim Middle East, one sure way to rally opposition to any concept is to tie it to Israel. Regional players such as...
Tensions Settle Between Iraq, Kurds Following Threat of War
The world could be excused for thinking that another war was about to break out in Iraq. After Iraq’s Kurds voted in favor of independence, they took...
Responding to Erdogan, Netanyahu Denies Israeli Role in Kurdish Referendum
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Sunday that Israel had a role in last week’s Kurdish independence referendum, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Iraqi Kurds’ Independence Is Decades Overdue
The Iraqi Kurdish vote for independence, taking place on Monday, is more than likely to pass. Sadly, however, not a single country (with the exception...
Israel’s US Ambassador on Kurdish TV Stresses Mutual ‘Love of Freedom, Struggle for Liberty’
Israel's ambassador to the US said in an interview with Erbil-based ُKurdistan24 TV on Wednesday that Jerusalem supports the Kurds in their struggle for independence and their...
President of Iraqi Kurdistan Calls for Referendum on Independence
The president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region called for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state, London-based pro-Saudi Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Wednesday. In a statement...
Changing the Battlefield: The “Tide of War” is not Receding
The wars against us have not ended - responsibly or otherwise. They are fought by people who need the United States as an...
The Kurdish Question
A critical issue that is being affected by the intention of the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq is what will happen to...
