From Rojava to Ramallah: The trappings of statehood – What the Palestinians can learn from the Kurdish success story. | The Jerusalem Post

As the current “stabbing intifada” waged by Palestinians against Israelis reaches its third month with no end in sight, and even the indefatigable John Kerry raised his hands in exasperation, the question once again arises: What now? How can the hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians be revived? Oddly enough, the answer to attaining the all-elusive Palestinian state may lie not in Jerusalem, and certainly not in Washington, but in a little known place called Erbil, and in an even lesser-known place called Rojava, with one of the Middle East’s more forgotten peoples – the Kurds.