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Can Kurds learn freedom from Israelis
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Kani Xulam, VOKRadio, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Can Kurds learn freedom from Israelis?
By Kani Xulam
Aug. 25, 2017
First our commonalities: we are both children of the soil.
Jews fondly call the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) their homeland; we reserve the same affection for Kurdistan, the land of our ancestors.
Jews ruled their homeland for nearly a thousand years-but mighty Rome destroyed their sacred temple (built by Solomon) in 70 AD and turned them into refugees.
We are still living in Kurdistan, but as subjects of Turks, Persians, and Arabs.
The Romans didn't last long. After a brief Persian interlude, Arabs conquered the land of Israel, now called Palestine, and settled with the local population.
But one thing stayed constant: Whether it was old Israel or new Palestine, Jerusalem remained consecrated for Jews, Christians, and Muslims-all esteeming Abraham as their cherished patriarch.
In the Middle Ages, a Christian Europe conquered Palestine, including Jerusalem.
A resurgent Muslim Middle East took back the city under the leadership of our Great Saladin. The Kurdish ruler treated captured Christians fairly, leading Dante to place him in purgatory, not hell, in his celebrated poem, The Divine Comedy.
In 1917, Palestine had another consequential change in ownership. This time Brits replaced Turks as custodians of the Holy Land.
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Dr. Azad Moradian : Establishing a Kurdish State Will Shake the Balance in the Region
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vokradio, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Dr. Azad Moradian :
Establishing a Kurdish State Will Shake the Balance in the Region!
The Kurdistan Voice
12 July 2017
An Interview with Dr. Azad Moradian, on the Kurdistan independence referendum
The Kurdistan Voice: As you know, one of the most disputed political topics in the Middle East is the independence referendum of Kurdistan, which will be held within the next three months. Until now, Iran has opposed the referendum more than Baghdad or even Ankara. Is Iran afraid of an independent Kurdistan because it is likely to become a catalyst for the Kurds of Iran?
Dr. Moradian: An independent Kurdish state, regardless of size, is a direct threat to Iranian political hegemony and the regional power of the Middle East.
Essentially, the long-term strategic goal of Iran is to create a Shiite block, or as they call it, a Shiite Crescent and claim the territorial and ideological leadership of the Shiite world.
The removal of Saddam Hussein created the space for the Iranian regime to further spread their influence in the region.
In Lebanon and in part of Yemen, Iran has already been able to establish their dominance and have widespread Shiite support. All of Iranian's efforts in Syria are towards this same end.
While Iran has been involved in Syria since the beginning of the conflict, they became physically engaged in 2014 to preserve the power of an Alawite Shiite regime. The territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria and the preservation of the ruling powers in these countries is of paramount importance to Iran. Therefore, anything that threatens this plan is something Iran will vehemently oppose. Kurds are situated, physically and politically, in direct opposition to this plan. Kurds are also positioned to oppose Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ambitions to reestablish an Ottoman Sunni Crescent (please see Question 3 for more on this topic).
Establishing a Kurdish state will shake the balance in the region, as it does not reinforce the larger geopolitical visions of Iran and/or Turkey.
Furthermore, while the situations of Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey are different, there is cross-border influence and exchange. The formation of a Kurdish state in any one of these regions can catalyze Kurds in other regions.
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Iran: Enforced disappearances of Kurdish men arrested after armed clashes & reprisals against family
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vokradio, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Iran: Enforced disappearances of Kurdish men arrested after armed clashes and reprisals against families must end immediately
Dear friends,
Please find below and attached a Public Statement that Amnesty International issued today on five men from Iran’s Kurdish minority who have been subject to enforced disappearances since 23 and 24 June 2017.
Ramin Hossein Panahi, a 22-year-old member of the Komala armed opposition group, was arrested on 23 June 2017 after he took part in armed clashes with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the neighborhood of Shalman, in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, northwest Iran. His fate and whereabouts have been unknown since then.
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Kobani: Landscape of Resistance and Childhood Nostalgia
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vokradio, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Kobani: Landscape of Resistance and Childhood Nostalgia
By Dr. Amir Sharifi
July1, 2017
The opening image of the film vividly shows endless rows of tents against a grey and menacing sky, engulfing refugees in a distance, with children inside a classroom in a new refugee camp. The young talented Kurdish filmmaker, Apo Bazidi, had gone to the refugee camp in Suruc as a volunteer in in 2014 in the thick of the battle for Kobane. Having just graduated from the prestigious film school of the University of Southern California, he wanted to help the refugees of the ISIS genocidal war against Kurds and to “record every day of his journey in the camps and on the front-lines to share their stories with the world”, which initially had turned away from facing the existential threat that Kurds faced.
Inspired by the invincible and selfless spirit of resistance spearheaded by women, and shocked by the savagery of ISIS, Bazidi was keen on documenting the sufferings and horrors that the refugees faced daily, some of which were reflected in the drawings of the camp children, showing violent scenes and fleeing families in the midst of atrocities.
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ئێرانيش ڕیفراندۆمێكی ئازادی پێویستە
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سالار حیسامی vokradio, Los Angeles, California, USA
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ئێرانيش ڕیفراندۆمێكی ئازادی پێویستە
سالار حیسامی
٢٧ ى مانگى ئه يار ٢٠١٧
هه ولير- كوردستان
گەلانی ڕاپەڕیوی ئێران كە سەرخۆشیی ڕماندنی دەسەڵاتی پاشایەتیی پەهلەوی-یەكان لە ڕێبەندانی 1357ی هەتاوی سڕی كردبوون، لە ریفراندۆمیكدا كە لە رۆژانی 10 و 11 خاكەلێوەی 1358 جێبەجێ كرا و زياتر لە (20 مليۆن و 288 هەزار كەسی خاوەن دەنگ) تێیدا بەشداربوون، (2و98%)ی دەنگدەران بە (بەڵێ) دەنگیان بە (كۆماری ئیسلامی) دا.
ئەو رێژە بێ هاوتایە لە بەشداریی دەنگدەران كە رۆژی ١٢ی خاكەلێوەی كردە "روز جمهوری اسلامی ایران"، مەشرووعییەتێكی شكۆداری بە ئایەتوڵا ڕوحوڵا خومەینی بونیادنەری يەكەم دەوڵەتی كۆماريی (لە دوای دەسەڵاتێكی 2537 ساڵەی پاشایەتی) بەخشی، ئەویش كۆمەڵێ لە كەسانی ناسیاسی، بێ ئەزموون، بێفرشك و توندڕۆی لە خۆی كۆكردبووەوە، بۆیە حوكمڕانییەكەی چەند مانگی پڕ نەكردەوە، ئەو شكۆیە نەك هەر خەوشدار بوو، بگرە بەتەواوی كەوتە ژێر جڕومەنگەنەی پرسیارەوەو بە حوكمی جیهاد لە دژی كوردانی ڕۆژهەڵاتی كوردستان شكۆیەكە بووە بڵقی سەرئاو! هاوتەمەنەكانی ئێمە باشیان لە بیرە دوای نەمانی بەرگریی خەڵكی و دووركەوتنەوەی هێزەكانی پێشمەرگە لە شارەكان، سادق خلخاڵی (دادوەری بێ دادگە) چۆن بەربووە گیانی خەڵك و بە فەرمانی ئەو تاوانبارە، هەزاران گەنج و كەسایەتی لە لادێ و شارەكان، یان قەنارەیان بۆ هەڵخرا، یان بە ڕێژنەی گوللە هەناسەبڕیان كردن.
تا ئێرە مەبەست لەم نووسینە وەبیرهێنانەوەی ئەو گشتپرسییە بوو، كە دوای نزیكەی چوار دەیە، تا ئێستاش دەسەڵاتدارانی تاران خۆیانی پێ گیڤ دەكەنەوەو هەموو ساڵێك ئەو ریفراندۆمە بە چاوی خەڵكی وەزاڵەهاتووی بندەستیان و ڕای گشتی جیهانیدا دەدەنەوە، بۆ ئەوەی مەشرووعییەتی دەسەڵاتی مەزهەبگەرای خۆیانی پێ بسەپێننەوە، هەتا دۆلارە نەوتییەكان بۆ بەرفراوانكردنی هیلالی شیعە و شەڕی بەوەكالەت تەرخان بكرێ و ئەوەندەی دی گەلانی ستەملێكراوی ژێر دەسەڵاتیان بەلەنگاز و بێنەوا و داماو بكەن!
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