JERUSALEM POST
by Ariel Ben Solomon
July 1, 2014

The head of a Kurdish political party told The Jerusalem Post that he thanks Israel’s leaders for their support for an independent Kurdistan and that the US is keeping the Kurds from gaining independence.

“I would like to send my thanks, from myself and every Kurd to President Shimon Peres and [Prime Minister] Binyamin Netanyahu and the whole nation of Israel for supporting Kurdish rights and independence,” Arif Bawecani, head of the Kurdistan Independent Party (Parti Serbesti Kurdistan, PSK), told the Post on Monday, in the latest in a series of communications over the past week.

Thousands of Kurds have placed Israel’s flag on their profiles on social media websites like Facebook, he added.

…..Asked about Kurdish-Israel relations, Bawecani said that unfortunately some countries in the region see Israel as a threat, when in reality “Iran is the big threat to the peace and safety of the region.”

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