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


Netanyahu has no comment on Catalonia referendum

In recent weeks, Benjamin Netanyahu came out in favor of Iraqi Kurdish independence.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd R) attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem October 1, 2017.

Netanyahu scoffs at Erdogan's claim that Mossad behind Kurdish referendum

Netanyahu also said that Israel had “no involvement in the Kurdish referendum except for supporting their aspirations.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Is a separate Kurdish state inevitable?

It is high time the international community came forward to acknowledge an independent Kurdish state.

THE KURDISH region’s High Elections and Referendum Commission holds a press conference in Erbil, Iraq.

'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?

Kurds celebrate to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq September 22, 2017.

Erdogan threatens halting relations with Israel amid Kurdish independence vote

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

TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets the audience during a ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of his ruling AK Party’s foundation in Ankara, August 14.

Netanyahu muzzles Israeli officials on Kurdish referendum

"Our adversaries attack us as a ‘second Israel in the region’ and this kind of Israeli talk contributes to that,” one Kurdish official said.

A Kurdish man holds an Israeli and Kurdish flag during a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq September 16, 2017.

Why do state-seeking Palestinians oppose Kurdish independence vote?

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

A man casts his vote during Kurds independence referendum in Halabja, Iraq September 25, 2017.

Watch: Kurdish Israelis celebrate ahead of independence referendum Monday

Tomorrow, Monday, September 25, marks a historic landmark in the modern history of the Kurds in Iraq.

Iraqi Kurds waving flags 390

Momentum for referendum growing on eve of Kurdistan independence vote

Israel is the only country that has openly supported the referendum.

KURDISH PEOPLE attend a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Duhuk, Iraq.

A tale of two lonely nations: Israel and Kurdistan

In Iraq’s Kurdistan, authorities of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) allowed masses to rally as they were holding the Israeli flag.

KURDISH PEOPLE attend a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Duhuk, Iraq.