Netanyahou soutient la balkanisation de l'Irak / Netanyahu supports the balkanization of Iraq

Citant «l'effondrement» de l'Irak au milieu de l'insurrection de l'EIIL et de la violence sectaire, le Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu a approuvé l'indépendance de facto des Kurdes irakiens. Netanyahu a également appelé à soutenir "l'aspiration kurde pour l'indépendance."

Le dirigeant israélien belliciste a déclaré dimanche que les Kurdes sont "un peuple de combattants qui a prouvé son engagement politique, la modération politique, et mérite l'indépendance politique", a rapporté Reuters.

S'adressant au think-thank INSS de l'Université de Tel Aviv, Netanyahou a décrit la situation en Irak et au Moyen-Orient en général comme un "effondrement", en raison de conflits entre musulmans sunnites et chiites.

Amid the recent insurgency of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL) militants, Kurds have seized the opportunity to bring a long-sought independent state of Kurdistan closer to reality. Kurdish Peshmerga armed forces have been guarding their provincial borders from ISIS, but also seized the contested Iraqi city of Kirkuk, proclaiming it part of their territory.

Au milieu de la dernière insurrection de l'Etat islamique en Irak et du Levant (EIIL), les Kurdes ont saisi l'occasion pour créer un état indépendant au Kurdistan. Les Forces armées kurdes peshmergas ont protégé leurs frontières provinciales de l'EIIL, mais ils ont également saisi la ville irakienne de Kirkouk, la proclamant comme faisant partie de leur territoire.

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Citing the “collapse” of Iraq amid the ISIS insurgency and sectarian violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has endorsed the de-facto independence of Iraqi Kurds. Netanyahu has also called to support the “Kurdish aspiration for independence.”

The hawkish Israeli leader said on Sunday that Kurds are “fighting people that has proved its political commitment, political moderation, and deserves political independence,” Reuters reported.

Speaking to Tel Aviv University’s INSS think-tank, Netanyahu described the situation in Iraq and the Middle East in general as a “collapse,” due to strife between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

Amid the recent insurgency of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL) militants, Kurds have seized the opportunity to bring a long-sought independent state of Kurdistan closer to reality. Kurdish Peshmerga armed forces have been guarding their provincial borders from ISIS, but also seized the contested Iraqi city of Kirkuk, proclaiming it part of their territory.

Reference :
Russia Today Israeli PM Netanyahu endorses Kurdish independence citing chaos in Iraq