Strengthening relations between Israel and Iraqi Kurdistan - opinion
The relations between Kurdistan & Israel dates back to the mid 1960s, when Israel saw the Kurds as a strong ally that supported them and could be relied upon to weaken the former Iraqi regime.
A Kurdistan Region Peshmerga looks out at ISIS positions from his frontline near Kirkuk in 2015(photo credit: SETH J. FRANTZMAN)ByHOGER TARKHANI