Livni's loyalties
Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST
Last week opposition leader and former foreign minister Tzipi Livni published a very odd op-ed in The New York Times.
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Jeez, Ain’t That Nice?
Gerald A. Honigman
I mean, all that balanced moral equivalence and stuff. I just get goosebumps. I recently received my Jerusalem Online Updates on the computer and, sure enough, there’s President Obama’s Mid East envoy, George Mitchell, stating that the U.S. won’t turn its back on Palestinians.
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Video: UCF Interview with Michael Gunter: Kurds Ascending
Univ. of Central Florida, Global Perspectives
John Bersia Interviews Prof. Michael Gunter
Video of the Interview
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KNC calls on all Kurds for an active boycott of the Iranian elections 
The Kurdish National Congress of North America is calling on the 12 million Kurds living in Iran under the rule of the Islamic Republic and Iranian Kurds in Diaspora to publicly boycott the 10th round of elections of the Islamic Republic,
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Maryam Kallis and Zahour Ahmed Released
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has learnt that the Syrian Authorities have released Maryam Kallis (36 years) and Zahour Ahmed (28 years), both of whom are British nationals,
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Can Iran's Minorities Help Oust Ahmadinejad? 
The presidential candidate was greeted last Monday at the airport by a jubilant throng, chanting "Azerbaijan is awake, and is supporting its son!" That slogan,
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Sivan Perwer and Kurdish Music: "I Would Return to Turkey to Contribute to Peace"
Living in exile in Europe, Sivan Perwer is one of the most popular Kurdish figures and perhaps the most political figure in modern Kurdish music, as he has become the voice of a silent nation.
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Iraq deputy PM to quit to take up Kurdish role 
One of Iraq's two deputy prime ministers, Barham Saleh, will resign within days to lead the main Kurdish bloc in elections in the autonomous Kurdish region, an aide said on Saturday.
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Syrian Kurds look for Iraqi shelter
By Karlos Zurutuza Niqash
Iraq's Kurdish Region is becoming a favoured destination for an increasing number of Syrian Kurds deprived of nationality rights by authorities in Damascus.
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Obama, Settlements, and the Missing Two-State-Solutions
by Gerald A. Honigman
President Barack Obama's long-awaited speech to the Muslim World in Cairo had some important, positive elements in it. He is to be commended for that.
Among other things, he spelled out the need for Arabs and other Muslims to get a handle on their own extremists; defined, then stressed,
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Kurds of Syria: Tipping the Balance
Washington - May 17, 2009 (RPS Staff Blog) - If one wants to know what Assad Achilles' Heel is, all one has to look is where Assad concentrates his power to defend his regime. The rise of the Syrian opposition, especially the Damascus Declaration,
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30 Years on from the Revolution, Minorities are Still Suffering in Iran
Preface
Minorities in Iran took part in the 1979 revolution with hopes for a better future with more political and cultural rights but 30 years on they are still suffering from the same old problems and on a much bigger scale.
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Old Kurdish Poetry; Who am I 
It was I who defeated I am Kardokh, the good old Khaldew
Richard the Lion heart I am Mittan; Nayri and Zobar
My own blood I shed The son of Lo Lo; Kashit and Godi
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Hurrian architecture in upper Mesopotamia 
Hassan Abbas Bachelor in Near Oriental Archaeology
Introduction
In order to give a coherent picture of the region and these two sites within it, I will start my assignment with a geographical overview of the area,
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Kurds want U.S. forces to remain in northern Iraq 
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military is stepping up efforts to head off the risk of war between the Baghdad government and the Kurdish autonomous zone in northern Iraq as the U.S. withdraws its forces.
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The Kurds in Syria: Fueling Separatist Movements in the Region? 
United States Institute of Peace - By Radwan Ziadeh
Summary
- Kurds in Syria have been denied basic social, cultural, and political rights, in many cases stemming from the Syrian state's refusal to grant citizenship.
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Kurdistan for Sale 
Kurdishaspect.com - By Dr. Rashid Karadaghi
Allowing a large number of Palestinians, now settled in Iraq, to be settled in Kurdistan (the first wave is supposed to be 13,000 but who knows what the final figure will be once you open up the flood gates),
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U.N. Report Lays Out Options for an Oil-Rich Iraqi Region 
TIMOTHY WILLIAMS the New York
BAGHDAD - A long-awaited United Nations report that was presented Wednesday to senior Iraqi officials proposes several options for Kirkuk Province, including making it an autonomous region as a way to defuse simmering tensions between Kurds and Arabs over its oil wealth.
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Appeal to Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, international human rights organisations 
and Governments to secure the release of Mr. Mohammed Said al-Omar in Syria.
Unofficial information has been received from the Adra Central Prison in Damascus: Mr. Mohammed Said al-Omar, member of the Leading Committee of the Kurdish Azadi Party who has been detained by the Syrian authorities since 26.10.2008,
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Meeting Hoseng, a Kurdish journalist on the run
For three months, Hoseng, a Kurdish journalist, has been hiding somewhere between Syria and Lebanon. Living conditions are far from ideal for writing articles on the condition of the Kurds and Syria's political situation.
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