Posts Tagged: Kurdistan
With Kurdistan, Israel May Gain ‘Stable, Tolerant’ Ally in Fight Against Islamic Extremism
JNS.org - During the last several years, Israel has witnessed the crumbling of the Middle East, as civil wars, internal strife and Islamic extremism have taken hold throughout...
Assyrian Statehood Would Help Kurdish-American Relations
JNS.org - President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has been met with a growing backlash in the Middle East. To take one...
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...
The US Should Arm the Kurds, Not the Shiite Militias, in Iraq
The Obama administration has provided the Iraqi army with military hardware worth billions of dollars. Iraq's main power brokers are Iraqi Shiite militias, who are...
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...
Iraqi Kurds Smuggling Oil Through Israel to Circumvent Baghdad
Kurdistan's semi-autonomous government in Iraq (KRG) has been smuggling oil through Israel in order to bypass sales being monitored by the central government in Baghdad, Al-Jazeera reported on...
Canadian-Israeli Woman Fighting With Kurds Against ISIS (AUDIO)
A Canadian-Israeli has recently joined Kurdistanis fighting against ISIS in northern Syria, Israel Radio said Monday. "I decided to do my part in the...
Why We Should Support a Unified Kurdistan
Is a united and independent Kurdistan a prospect we should welcome, or a dangerous idea that would create far more problems in the Middle East...
Why Kurdistan Will Benefit Iraq and the Middle East
Before welcoming the emerging state of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, I confess to having opposed its independence in the past. In 1991, after the Kuwait War had...
The Jewish State Supports a Kurdish State, But is the Idea Viable?
JNS.org - The leader of the Jewish state has called for the creation of an independent Kurdish state. But some experts question the viability...
Why Iraq Must be Divided Into Three States
President Obama's assertion during the 2012 election campaign that Al-Qaeda had been "decimated" has come back to haunt him. In a campaign speech in Green...
Iraqi Lawmaker Calls on Kurds to ‘Explain Nature of Their Relationship With Israel’
An angry Iraqi lawmaker demanded answers from members of the restive northern province over Israel's public support for the creation of an independent Kurdistan. "The Kurds...
Why the Kurds Are a Beacon of Hope in the Middle East
JNS.org - During the war in Iraq, when I was still living in London and coordinating news coverage of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein...
Rearranging the Middle East
British perfidy and French collusion have created a Middle East that has been unstable since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the...
