KNESSET MEMBER OBSERVING CATALAN ELECTION CAUGHT IN POLITICAL CROSSFIRE

BY LAHAV HARKOV  OCTOBER 1, 2017  jpost.com “Spanish politicians who criticize Israel should look at what’s going on in their home,” MK Svetlova said. MK Ksenia Svetlova with a rubber bullet in Barcelona as observer in the Catalonian election, October 1, 2017.. (photo credit:MK KSENIA SVETLOVA)  Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova found herself in the middle…

Why Israel supports Kurdish referendum (and why the rest of the world should follow suit)

Ksenia Svetlova, Contributor Member of Israeli Knesset, expert on the Middle East huffingtonpost.com 09/25/2017 03:04 am ET Today the women and men of Kurdistan will answer the most important question of their lives. Should Kurdistan break away from Iraq to pursue its independence, or should it preserve a status quo of unstable co-existence under the…

Why Israel supports Kurdish referendum (and why the rest of the world should follow suit)

huffingtonpost.com Ksenia Svetlova, ContributorMember of Israeli Knesset, expert on the Middle East 09/25/2017 03:04 am ET Today the women and men of Kurdistan will answer the most important question of their lives. Should Kurdistan break away from Iraq to pursue its independence, or should it preserve a status quo of unstable co-existence under the rule…

Eyewitnesses: Police fired on police during Umm Al-Hiran demolition

Jerusalem Post By Ben Lynfield 23 January 2017 06:49 Accounts raise possibility policeman killed by friendly fire, not terror attack. Police in Umm-al-Hiran. (photo credit:Courtesy) Police officers allegedly fired at a police vehicle during the deadly incident in Um Al-Hiran last week, two eyewitness told The Jerusalem Post, raising the possibility that friendly fire was exchanged…