| ID | 181222 |
| Title Proper | Jews, Israel and the Kurds |
| Other Title Information | unravelling the myth |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bengio, Ofra |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the triangular relationship between Jews, Israel and Kurds with a view to unravelling the myths that revolved around them. It argues that the millenarian relationship between Kurdistan’s Jews and their non-Jewish neighbours notwithstanding, the myriad of ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ myths surrounding present-day Jewish-Israeli-Kurdish relations have flourished against the backdrop of a dearth of documented history of both Jewish and non-Jewish communities of pre-modern Kurdistan; the asymmetry of relations between a state actor – Israel, and a non-state ethno-national group – the Kurds; and the fact that both groups represent minorities within the larger Muslim milieu whose neighbours have delegitimized their right to national self-determination. |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 27, No.5; Oct 2021: p.827-851 |
| Journal Source | Israel Affairs Vol: 27 No 5 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Kurdistan ; Kurds ; Diaspora ; Jews ; Myth‘second Israel |