The BBC quoted the PKK’s military leader Cemil Bayik in an interview earlier this year, saying, “We don’t want to separate from Turkey. He is a part-time researcher at a number of Palestinian and Arab research centers and he periodically writes for Al Jazeera, the New Arabic and the Monitor. These two major developments led the people of this region to form a representative form of government not seen in the Middle East before. They have faced their own history of massacres. The Kurds are a people with ancient roots that go back as far as the Medes and the Persians. There are also many Arab Muslims living there. No one, of course, really believes the value of the Kurdish forces in Syria was ever equal to the value of Israel in the eyes of the US. They are the fighting force that is now defending the area of the Self-Administration in North and East Syria or SANES after the U.S. pulled out its troops. They live in Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq, but many see themselves first as Kurds and dream of a homeland of their own one day. It’s important to note that while the PKK is considered even by the US to be a terrorist organization, none of the other Kurdish groups like the YPG or the Peshmerga are considered to be terrorists. “The Medes were the people from whom the wise men came. Netanyahu did not criticise Trump or his decision to pull US troops out of Syria in his statement about the Turkish operation, but gradually stopped “name dropping” the US president in his public speeches. Submitted by escamp on August 31, 2015 - 3:04pm. This triggered a wave of panic in Israel which cumulated in the county’s extraordinary response to the news of Washington’s exit from Syria and Turkey’s operation against the PYD. Turkey's authoritarian leader President Erdogan considers all the Kurds, whether they are in his country or not, to be terrorists. “Our national memory requires us to revolt against violence directed against another nation. 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In 1988, Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurdish village of Halabja and killed five thousand Kurds, mostly women and children. They were the tip of the spear, the main boots on the ground in the fight against ISIS in Iraq. The realisation that the Trump administration could one day abandon Tel Aviv led to two major changes in Israel’s political sphere. Posters of Erdogan (right) and modern Turkey’s founder Ataturk seen in background, While Israelis have been celebrating the new potential ties with the United Arab Emirates, the, The Jerusalem Post Customer Service Center can be contacted with any questions or requests: 'This Is in Many Ways a Jihad': Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell Explains Turkish Invasion of Syria. NES – The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria or Rojava. Telephone +972-3-761-9056 He sowed ten million mines in the Kurdish mountains. One example is how Turkey’s Religious Affairs Ministry has threatened to mobilize the Muslim community against Israel to protect Jerusalem against annexation. Kurdish fighters there are known as Peshmerga – literally, those who face death. That’s why we view every news story through the lens of faith. But while these are all legitimate and serious security concerns, they cannot on their own explain the unprecedented panic in Israel today. JERUSALEM, Israel - As Turkey launches its military assault against the people of northern Syria, you may be wondering what's going on, who's being attacked, and why it matters. After the Syrian revolution began in 2011, the Assad regime began to pull out of Northeast Syria. They're well worth being allies and they're worthy of our support,” she said. Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli military reservists signed a petition calling on the Israeli government to send not only food, clothing and medicine but also military and intelligence assistance to the Kurds. “Israel strongly condemns the Turkish invasion of the Kurdish areas in Syria and warns against the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Turkey and its proxies,” Netanyahu said, Second, Netanyahu, after two election campaigns built on a strategy of promoting his close ties to the US president, was forced to, put some distance between himself and Trump. Throughout the Syrian war, the Israeli air force repeatedly struck Syrian military arms convoys and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Trump is unlikely to abandon Israel anytime soon, but by “betraying” the Kurds he clearly created the perception in Tel Aviv that he could. As Russia is a long-term ally of Iran, Israel now expects Tehran to consolidate its involvement in Syria. YPG – People’s Protection Unit, Kurdish National Army in Syria. The YPG is one of the main components of SDF, which also includes Arab Muslims and Assyrian/Syriac militias and some smaller groups of Armenian, Turkman and Chechen forces. They love the United States. It’s hard to pin down exact numbers because of refugees and the mobility of the population fleeing violence. The Israeli lobby in Washington is also as strong and effective as ever. The center is staffed and provides answers on Sundays through Thursdays between 07:00 and 14:00 and Fridays only handles distribution requests between 7:00 and  Telephone: *2421 * Extension 4 Jerusalem Post or 03-7619056 Fax: 03-5613699E-mail: subs@jpost.com It was the latest blow to a people who have suffered for centuries. We want to live within the borders of Turkey on our own land freely.”. We heard in the Bible about the Medes and the Persians,” said Michele Bachmann, Director of the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast. This is why the main focus of most Israeli analysts’ criticism of this latest chapter in Syria’s war has been the US’ “betrayal” of its allies rather than Turkey’s “aggression” towards the Kurds.

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