The Echo of Political Developments in Kurdistan - Iraq (February 8th - November 18th , 1963) In the Palestinian press (Palestine Newspaper) as a model

Abstract

Palestine Newspaper is one of the most important Palestinian newspapers, as it was published during (1911-1967). The newspaper attached great importance to the political developments in Iraq and Kurdistan, following the February 8th, 1963 coup, until the November 18th, 1963 coup. Since the first day of the coup, it followed the Kurds' position towards it, and then a Kurdish delegation went to conduct negotiations in Baghdad. Closely, the newspaper kept following the developments of those negotiations. It was constantly relaying the statements of Iraqi and Kurdish officials about negotiations. Until fighting broke out again on June 10th, 1963, when the newspaper published almost daily governmental data regarding its military operations in Kurdistan. The newspaper also followed and published the data and statements of the leadership of the Kurdish revolution. As well as following up on the positions of other countries on the Kurdish issue, especially the Soviet Union and Syria. In fact, the newspaper is one of the good and important sources on the developments of the Kurdish national movement in Iraq at that stage.