The story of an Iraqi Jew Joe Schemtob blazed the trail to freedom – Part II
Joe Schemtob z’l, whose father Heskel was a pioneer of the aliya of 130,000 Jews from Iraq in the 1950s, blazed the trail for an (illegal) ‘Kachagh’ smugglers’ route out of Iraq through Kurdistan into...
View ArticleSyrian Kurds are waiting for Israel: expert
Gedalyah Reback | Arutz Sheva Israel and Iraqi Kurds have kept their ties hidden, but both sides are eager to open up and Kurds in other countries are, too. Most of Israel’s major allies in the Middle...
View ArticleNew Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova optimistic about Israeli-Kurdish future
JERUSALEM, Israel,— Ksenia Svetlova of the Zionist Union, an expert in Arab and Kurdish affairs, sees growth in future ties with Kurds in Syria and Iraq. Israel has been focused more on events...
View ArticleIsrael’s road from Lausanne to Kurdistan
Ariel Harkham | The Jerusalem Post Now is the right time for Israel to shed its long-held island mentality and transform itself into a lighthouse nation that can shine its light on a free Kurdistan....
View ArticleKurdistan-born Israeli actor Arieh Elias passes away at age 94
JERUSALEM, Israel,— Actor Arieh Elias, who had a rough start in the world of acting, later acted in films and plays that every Israeli remembers to this day. On Thursday he passed away, at age 94. The...
View ArticleMedia advisor denies Iraqi Kurdistan president interviewed by Israeli TV
ERBIL-Hewler, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— Media Advisor to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani denied the president has interviewed an Israeli TV and expressed willingness to have ties with...
View ArticlePraying at a Jewish Tomb in Shadow of Islamic State
Benjamin Kweskin | Ekurd.net AL QOSH,— Back when they still lived in Iraq, Kurdish Jews had a famous saying about the ancient synagogue believed to house the tomb of a biblical prophet in this...
View ArticleDeep in Kurdish heartland, finding an enduring bond with Israel
Seth J. Frantzman | Forward As a journalist and tourist, one feels like an invader of this quiet sanctuary. Had these young women seen the evils of ISIS? Did they know people who were still in...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdistan needs help to preserve its Jewish heritage
Judit Neurink | The Jerusalem Post A blue tin with Hebrew letters and a candle stood inside the ruins of a synagogue in the centuries-old town of Al Qosh. It told me that Jews return to Iraq to...
View ArticleIsrael importing 77% of its oil supply from Iraqi Kurdistan: Financial Times
TEL AVIV,— Israel has reportedly bought 19 million barrels of oil from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region in recent months, the Financial Times reported. The sales are a sign of Iraqi Kurdistan’s...
View ArticleIsrael ‘very interested’ in strengthening relations with Kurds
JERUSALEM, Israel,— News published in the Financial Times on Sunday that Israel imports most of its oil from Iraq’s Kurdish areas came as no shock to those following the secretive Israel-Kurd...
View ArticleIsraeli Gill Rosenberg returns to Iraqi Kurdistan to work with charity
JERUSALEM,— An Israeli-Canadian woman who joined the Kurdish militants fighting Islamic State (IS) in Syrian Kurdistan last year has returned to Iraqi Kurdistan with a group that works to free children...
View ArticleKey ally distances himself from work of Yazidis’ rescuer ‘Jewish Schindler’
A couple weeks ago, Montrealer Steve Maman was being feted by media around the world for helping free 128 Yazidi Kurds and Christians from enslavement by Islamic State militants (IS), garnering him the...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdistan appoints Jewish representative in government
Kurdish Jews have no links to Iraqi Arabs: KRG Jewish Representative ERBIL-Hewler, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— A Jewish representative in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has insisted that their...
View ArticleIraq to take Turkey to Int’l court over Kurdish oil sold to Israel
ISTANBUL,— Baghdad is seeking arbitration proceedings against Ankara over a shipment of oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) allegedly sold to Israel that Turkey facilitated last year...
View ArticleKurdish Islamic extremist leader Mullah Krekar sentenced by Norwegian court
OSLO, Norway,— Iraqi Kurdish cleric Mullah Krekar was again handed a jail sentence on Friday by a Norwegian court for threats he made during a television interview earlier this year. Krekar, whose real...
View ArticleJews are no strangers in Iraqi Kurdistan
Judit Neurink | Rudaw A region that has hardly any Jews left appoints a director for Jewish affairs. That is a striking development, taking place in the Kurdistan Region, which lost most of its Jewish...
View ArticleIsraeli expert says ‘no Jewish community’ in Iraqi Kurdistan
JERUSALEM,— A leading Israeli expert on the Kurds and a former Arab affairs adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that Kurdish media reports about a Jewish...
View ArticleHow Kurdistan bypassed Iraq’s central govt and sold oil on global market
LONDON,— Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has for the first time detailed its secretive oil exports operations and said it plans to sell more, whether Baghdad likes it or not, as it needs...
View ArticleJewish Kurds in Kurdistan hold groundbreaking Iraq commemoration
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— A ceremony marking the deportation of Jews from Iraq seven decades ago was held for the first time on Monday in the country’s autonomous Kurdistan region. It...
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