Sharon: We have Good Relations With Kurds

Sharon said that Israel knows supporting the Kurds would be a sensitive issue, especially in terms of relations with Turkey. Instead of supporting the Kurds, Sharon said that Israel maintains good relations with the Kurds.

Israel’s reported activities in northern Iraq have caused some tension to develop between Turkey and Israel.

Seymour Hersh’s article published by New Yorker magazine last month alleges that Israel has been training Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq since last year. Israel’s top commando unit, Mistaravim, is supposedly conducting the training of the northern Iraqi Kurds.