"We must openly call for the establishment of a Kurdish state that separates Iran from Turkey, one which will be friendly towards Israel," Shaked told a conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, according to a Times of Israel report.
Her call reflects a growing desire in Israel to foster robust relations with the Kurdish community in Iraq, and even promote the process of founding an independent state by the Kurdish people.
Earlier this month, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani spoke to diplomats from more than 30 countries in Arbil, Iraq about Kurdish plans to hold a referendum, as part of an effort to seek international backing for a decades-old Kurdish bid for a state of their own. Barzani instructed his party officials in December last year to speed up preparations to hold a referendum on whether to secede from Iraq.
A planned referendum was canceled in 2014 when the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured Mosul, the second largest Iraqi city, thereby posing a mortal threat to the Kurdish region. The Kurds have since then fought back against the extremist group.
Backed by the US-led international coalition's air strikes, Kurdish peshmerga forces were able to push back ISIL, which came as close as 25 kilometers away from the Kurdish capital of Arbil.
todayszaman.com
20/1/16
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