Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated that the Kurdish people, living as a minority across four countries, “have not yet achieved political independence,” emphasizing Israel’s desire to strengthen its relations with the Kurds, particularly within the framework of Jewish-Kurdish ties in the Middle East.
Saar’s remarks came in a video message addressed to Yehuda Ben-Yosef, head of the Kurdish community in Israel, on the occasion of the first Jewish-Kurdish conference held in London. In his message, Saar said: “I would like to congratulate you and all participants in the London conference dedicated to relations between the Jewish people and the Kurdish people.”
The Israeli Foreign Minister added: “We believe in strengthening relations between different minorities in the Middle East, especially the relations between Jews and Kurds.”
These statements come against the backdrop of historical ties between Israel and the Kurdish movement. Israel was the only country to declare its support for the independence of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ahead of the referendum held in September 2017. However, the referendum did not lead to the establishment of an independent Kurdish state after Baghdad rejected the voting results.
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