Israel tells U.S. Kurdish independence is 'foregone conclusion'

BY DAN WILLIAMS JERUSALEM Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:00pm EDT

Displaced families from the city of Tikrit make their way to Kirkuk June 16, 2014.

CREDIT: REUTERS/ AKO RASHEED

(Reuters) - Israel told the United States on Thursday Kurdish independence in northern Iraq was a "foregone conclusion" and Israeli experts predicted the Jewish state would be quick to recognise a Kurdish state, should it emerge.

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