Why Israel supports Kurdish referendum (and why the rest of the world should follow suit)

huffingtonpost.com Ksenia Svetlova, ContributorMember of Israeli Knesset, expert on the Middle East 09/25/2017 03:04 am ET Today the women and men of Kurdistan will answer the most important question of their lives. Should Kurdistan break away from Iraq to pursue its independence, or should it preserve a status quo of unstable co-existence under the rule…

Eyewitnesses: Police fired on police during Umm Al-Hiran demolition

Jerusalem Post By Ben Lynfield 23 January 2017 06:49 Accounts raise possibility policeman killed by friendly fire, not terror attack. Police in Umm-al-Hiran. (photo credit:Courtesy) Police officers allegedly fired at a police vehicle during the deadly incident in Um Al-Hiran last week, two eyewitness told The Jerusalem Post, raising the possibility that friendly fire was exchanged…