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Israel-Kurdish relations
Aryeh Deri, head of the Shas party, greets supporters as the results in the Israeli general elections are announced at the party headquarters in Jerusalem, April 09, 2019. (Flash90)
April 18, 2019, 11:33 pm
Let Iraqi baby into Israel for emergency surgery, group implores minister
Officials tell Jerusalem-based medical NGO that interior minister ‘unreachable’ until after Passover, but Shevet Achim says clock is ticking for two-month old Roman
By Tamar Pileggi
Reporter Ziv Genesove speaks to residents of Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, on election day, May 12, 2018. (Ziv Genesove/ Times of Israel)
May 14, 2018, 2:53 am
As they vote in Iraqi elections, Kurds say they feel abandoned by Israel
On the streets of Iraqi Kurdistan on election day, an Israeli journalist speaks to locals about their relationship with the Jewish state
By Ziv Genesove
A picture taken on October 21, 2017, shows a man holding an Israeli flag alongside the flag of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration outside the UN Office in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous region. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
April 13, 2018, 6:43 pm
Iraqi ex-minister calls to decapitate anyone flying Israeli flag
Baqir Jabr Al-Zubeidi claims Israel established presence in Iraq’s Kurdistan region to spy on neighboring countries
By TOI staff
Iraqi Kurdistan Jewish representative Sherzad Mamsani speaks at a Holocaust Memorial Day event on May 5, 2016. (Judit Neurink/Times of Israel)
March 15, 2018, 6:53 pm
Kurdistan sacks Jewish community representative to appease Baghdad
Two years after being asked to rebuild a decimated community, Sherzad Mamsani has been removed from his position. The catch: He was an unpaid volunteer
By Judit Neurink
A picture taken on October 21, 2017, shows a man holding an Israeli flag alongside the flag of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration outside the UN Office in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous region. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
November 30, 2017, 2:24 pm
Kurdish land shouldn’t be treated as enemy territory, Knesset bill proposes
As MKs line up to declare support for Kurdistan, one lawmaker seeks to facilitate contact between Kurds and Israelis
By Dov Lieber
Joel Rubinfeld, founder of the Brussels-based Jewish Coalition for Kurdistan (YouTube screenshot)
November 22, 2017, 8:32 pm
New group fosters Jewish-Kurdish friendship
Alan Dershowitz, Irwin Cotler and Nazi-hunting couple among members of Brussels-based Jewish Coalition for Kurdistan, which backs region’s independence
By JTA
An Iraqi Kurdish man holds a picture frame with portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), and Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani during a demonstration outside the UN Office in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous region, on October 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
October 24, 2017, 8:35 pm
Netanyahu: World must take care of Kurds’ future
Praising Kurdish aspirations for independence, PM says Israel has ‘great sympathy for their desires’
By AFP
Ariel Paz-Sawicki
October 23, 2017, 4:05 pm
Ariel Paz-Sawicki
The Kurds are running out of time
World Jewry should back Kurdish independence — and convince the US to tip the scales in its favor
Oded Eran
October 2, 2017, 3:15 pm
Oded Eran
Israel’s hollow support for Kurdish independence
Benjamin Netanyahu’s endorsement does nothing for Kurds in Iraq and may harm Kurds elsewhere
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a press conference in Ankara on September 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)
September 30, 2017, 7:14 pm
Erdogan claims Mossad played a role in Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence vote
Administration in northern Iraq ‘hand-in-hand’ with Israel, claims Turkey’s president, citing Iraqi Kurds flying Israeli flags after referendum
By Fulya Ozerkan
Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking to reporters in Washington, DC, September 27, 2017. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)
September 28, 2017, 7:49 pm
Schumer: US should back independent Kurdish state
Democrat Senator says referendum should be recognized and respected by the world and offers his ’utmost support’ for the Kurdish people
By JTA
Iraqis Kurds carry the Kurdish and the Israeli flags in the streets of the northern city of Kirkuk on September 25, 2017 following a referendum on the independence. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
September 25, 2017, 9:32 pm
Netanyahu orders ministers to keep mum on Kurdish referendum
After speaking out in support of Kurdish independence on September 13, PM may be facing pressure from Turkey, US to keep quiet
By TOI staff
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 16, 2017. (AFP/Safin Hamed)
September 22, 2017, 8:06 pm
Iraqi Kurdish leader says referendum to go ahead despite opposition
US, Iran, Iraq and Turkey object to September 25 vote; Israel is first, and so far only country, to voice support
By AFP and TOI staff
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 16, 2017. (AFP/Safin Hamed)
September 22, 2017, 12:37 pm
UN warns against holding Iraqi Kurd independence vote
Security Council members concerned by ‘potentially destabilizing impact’ of Monday’s referendum
By Agencies
Iraqi Kurds celebrate while urging people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
September 20, 2017, 10:01 pm
Saudi Arabia urges Kurds to scrap independence referendum
Riyadh official tells Iraqi Kurdish leader to drop plans ‘in light of situation in the region’; Israel remains lone country to openly support efforts
By AFP and TOI staff
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