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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Palestinians have heavily restricted rights inside Israel territory; unlike Kurds in Turkey who are considered Turkish citizens and have no restrictions in their citizenship rights

Hamas has been accepting of a peaceful solution; PKK isn't. Turkey has tried the peaceful option with no success; because it turned out PKK was using the peace negotiation time to trap more buildings with bombs and arm themselves up.

Main reason behind PKK's creation was unfair treatment towards prisoners within the areas with high Kurdish population; unlike the whole Palestine-Israel conflict where Israel's idea started from the thought of ethnic cleansing of their area.

I can't find any reason why these two would be comparable whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for your perspective. I still think that there more to it than meets the eye. Both situations are directly attributable to the dissolution of the ottoman empire, where the region was kind of randomly subdivided, without regard towards the populace. Like the Armenians the Kurds feel the indifference of the Turks towards their ethnicity.

Also the British administration of Palestine, culminating in the Balfour declaration eventually caused the plight of the Palestinians.

I think we're not going to agree in the end, but thanks for your perspective.