The Knesset may interrupt its spring recess for a special session to discuss the situation of the Kurds in Iraq. Two MKs of the National Religious Party–Zevulun Hammer and Dr. Yehuda Ben Meir, have been urging their faction and others in Parliament to convene a special recess session to voice a unified Israeli protest against “the genocide of the Kurdish people.” Their initiative has drawn a generally favorable response, it was reported. Hammer and Ben Meir declare that when the world keeps silent on the persecution by Iraq of its Kurdish minority, it is important that Israel speak out. “The world should know about the fate of minorities in Arab countries.” the NRP men said.
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