Israel signalled its support to an independent Kurdistan this week, stating that amid escalating violence in Iraq, an independent Kurdistan was a "foregone conclusion", reports Reuters.
"Iraq is breaking up before our eyes and it would appear that the creation of an independent Kurdish state is a foregone conclusion," said Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, in Paris on Thursday.
Israel's president, Shimon Peres told US president Barack Obama on Wednesday:
"The Kurds have, de facto, created their own state, which is democratic. One of the signs of a democracy is the granting of equality to women."
The public statements amid increasing speculation of on-going private engagement between the Israelis and the Kurds, despite seeming silence.
"Our silence - in public, at least – is best. Any unnecessary utterance on our part can only harm them [Kurds]," the Israeli news site, Arutz Sheva, quoted a senior Israeli defence official, as saying.
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"Iraq is breaking up before our eyes and it would appear that the creation of an independent Kurdish state is a foregone conclusion," said Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, in Paris on Thursday.
Israel's president, Shimon Peres told US president Barack Obama on Wednesday:
"The Kurds have, de facto, created their own state, which is democratic. One of the signs of a democracy is the granting of equality to women."
The public statements amid increasing speculation of on-going private engagement between the Israelis and the Kurds, despite seeming silence.
"Our silence - in public, at least – is best. Any unnecessary utterance on our part can only harm them [Kurds]," the Israeli news site, Arutz Sheva, quoted a senior Israeli defence official, as saying.
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