The Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq

Iraqi residents of the northern autonomous Kurdish region voted earlier this week in a referendum of independence seeking to provide the Kurdistan Regional Government with a mandate to discuss secession from the Central Government in Baghdad.

To further discuss the Kurdish bid for independence and its possible consequences, I'm joined here in the Studio by Guests Dr. Hay Eitan Cohen Yanarocak - Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University; and Dr. Nir Boms – Research fellow, The Moshe Dayan center at Tel Aviv University. Analyst Amir Oren.

Jerusalem Studio

The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.

The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.

  • First broadcast: September 29, 2017, TV7 World
  • Episode number: 269
  • Duration: 30 min
  • Spoken languages:
  • English
  • Subtitles:
  • Finnish, Swedish