Israel FM calls for strengthening ties with minorities in the Middle East, especially Kurds

Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, has called for strengthening relations with minorities in the Middle East, especially the Kurds, saying, “The Kurdish people are a great nation, one of the great nations without political independence. They are our natural allies.”

He called the Kurds victims of Iranian and Turkish oppression, saying that Israel “must reach out and strengthen our ties with them.”

“They are a national minority in four countries, with autonomy in two of them – de facto in Syria, and de jure, in Iraq’s constitution. They suffer from oppression and aggression from Iran and Turkey. We must reach out to them and strengthen our ties. There are both diplomatic and security dimensions to this.”

Sa’ar also called for strengthening relations with the Druze community, according to Bloomberg news agency.

The minister denounced what happened to Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, describing it as a serious violent attack.

He also said that the violence in Amsterdam is related to the lawsuits filed against Israel in The Hague.

Sa’ar stressed that the slogan “From the River to the Sea” is a call to destroy Israel.

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