Draft:Kurdish Impact on Palestine
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Comment: This draft is based on WP:SYNTH; please cite sources that discuss the topic. --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 21:38, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
Kurdish impact on Palestine refers to the influence of the Kurdish people on the region of Palestine. This is evident through various aspects of history, such as the leadership of Saladin during the Crusades, which resulted in Kurds settling in Palestine, the migration of Kurdish Jews to Palestine and the cooperation between Kurdish and Palestinian militant and political organizations.
History
[edit]12th-16th century
[edit]The Ayyubid Dynasty was established by the Kurdish general Saladin (Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub), in 1171. Saladin played a crucial role in the Crusades, particularly in the 1187 Battle of Hattin, which led to the Muslim reconquest of Jerusalem. After conquering the city, Saladin transferred a considerable portion of his army (large parts of which were of Kurdish descent) to Hebron, to safeguard the sultanates borders against the Arab Bedouins of the region.[1][2] A Kurdish quarter still existed in Hebron during the 16th century, under Ottoman rule.[3] Some claim that up to one-third of Hebron's modern inhabitants are of Kurdish origin, particularly were they used to have their own quarters.[1][2]
20th-21st century
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According to the 1922 census of Mandatory Palestine, 10 people speaking Kurdish lived in Palestine.[5] Some Jewish Kurds had been active in the early Zionist movement (prior to Israels founding). One of the most famous Kurdish members of the Lehi (Zionist terrorist group) was Moshe Barazani, whose family immigrated from Mandatory Iraq and settled in Jerusalem, Palestine in the late 1920s. Jewish Kurds began mass immigrating to Israel after 1948, by 1951 almost all Jewish Kurds from South Kurdistan had immigrated to Israel.[6] It is debated if any Jewish Kurds remain in South Kurdistan today. In 1939, there were 4,369 Kurds living in Jerusalem, in 1972 the number had grown to about 30,000.[6] Today there are between 150,000 and 300,000 Jewish Kurds living in all of Israel, about half of whom live in Jerusalem.[7][8] To this day there are Palestinians of Kurdish descend living in the Gaza Strip.[9]
Military Alliances
[edit]Relations between the PLO and PKK during the 70s & 80s
[edit]During the late 1970s, Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), moved to Syria and established connections with Palestinian factions operating in Lebanon. The PKK cadres received military training in camps controlled by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the Bekaa Valley. This training included guerrilla warfare tactics, explosives handling, and other military skills, which were crucial for the PKK’s insurgency against the Turkish state. The PKK’s collaboration with Palestinian groups extended beyond training. PKK fighters participated in defending Palestinian camps during conflicts, such as the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. They engaged in joint operations with Palestinian militants, which not only strengthened their military capabilities but also fostered a sense of solidarity between the Kurdish and Palestinian struggles.[10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "How Palestinians came to reject Kurdish demands for a Homeland". newarab.com. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ a b "Who are the Palestinians?". www.israelnationalnews.com. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Sharon 2003, p. 297
- ^ "The Palestinian who was all of Palestine". Qods News Agency. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ Palestine Census ( 1922).
- ^ a b Zaken, Mordechai (Moti). ""The Kurdish Jews in Transition: From Kurdistan to Israel," Mamostaye Kurd (Stockholm), Vol.22, 1994: 59–68 [Sorani ]. uploaded its English version". Mamostaye Kurd.
- ^ "Kurdish Jewish Community in Israel". 2013-07-28. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Cultural pride, and unlikely guests, at Kurdish Jewish festival". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Gaza’s Kurdish Quarter Survives Through History. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2024-08-05 – via www.voanews.com.
- ^ InternationalistCommune. "Stories: Internationalists of the PKK in the Palestinian Resistance 1982 – Internationalist Commune". Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ WOODWARD, MICHELLE (2020-08-19). "The Kurdish Movement's Relationship with the Palestinian Struggle". MERIP. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
Bibliography
[edit]Sharon, Moshe (2003). "Palestine Under the Mameluks and the Ottoman Empire (1291–1918)". In Avi-Yonah, Micheal (ed.). A History of Israel and the Holy Land. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 272–322. ISBN 978-0-8264-1526-4. Retrieved 2024-07-23.