Israel and Kurdistan

Why Israel’s security interests now depend on supporting the Kurds - opinion

The MEPS Forum showed growing Kurdish unity and a shifting Syrian landscape, underscoring why Israel should strengthen ties with Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria as regional threats continue to rise.

|BySUZAN QUITAZ
Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during the pan-Kurdish "Unity and Consensus" conference in Qamishli in northeastern Syria on April 26, 2025.
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the UN General Assembly last month. In an age when antisemitism and anti-Kurdish racism are used by states as political tools, solidarity and truth remain the final acts of resistance, the writer argues.

A common future for Kurds and Jews: A shared history and moral duty - opinion

In an age when antisemitism and anti-Kurdish racism are used by states as political tools, solidarity and truth remain the final acts of resistance.

|ByAMED MARDIN
AN IRANIAN punches his fist through an Israeli flag during a rally in Tehran in April marking Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day.

Iran claims new details of arrests of 'Zionist' agents and Kurdish group

Iran appears to be using the claims of “Zionist” infiltration as a way to discredit Kurdish group Komala, an Iran-designated terrorist group.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People stand next to a Kurdistan flag as they wait for Pope Francis to hold a mass at Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021.

Iraqi speakers who called for peace with Israel face arrest

Some 300 Iraqi leaders convened to encourage normalization with Israel, prompting arrest warrants from an Iraqi court.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli actor from 'Fauda' interviewed by a Kurdish TV channel

Israeli actor Idan Amadi will soon star on TV screens across the Arab world thanks to a special interview he gave to a Kurdish channel about his role in the Israeli TV show "Fauda."

JUNE 8, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A promotional image for Fauda.

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018ByDAVAN YAHYA KHALIL
A BOY rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq.

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018ByDAVAN YAHYA KHALIL
A BOY rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq.

MK pushes Israel to recognize Kurdistan as an independent state

Likud MK Yoav Kisch's motion comes in response to rising tensions between Israel and Turkey.

MAY 21, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israelis from Kurdish origin take part in a rally in support of the Kurdish referendum outside the American consulate in Jerusalem September 24, 2017

Debunking antisemitic conspiracy theories

News website in Turkey spreads concocted tales as other Muslim countries follow suit.

APRIL 10, 2018ByRACHEL AVRAHAM
placards from an anti-Israel rally (Illustrative).

Time for the West to follow Israel's example

Israel is the only real democracy in the Middle East, a country that defends Western Christian-Jewish culture, democracy, human dignity and humanism, but is criticized nevertheless.

MARCH 20, 2018ByMAKVAN KASHEIKAL
Kurds celebrate to show their support for the independence referendum in Duhok, Iraq, September 26, 2017.

Black Friday: The 1988 chemical bombardment of Halabja

MARCH 19, 2018ByFARHANG FARAYDOON NAMDAR
Iraqi Kurds wave flags of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration

Israel should arm the Kurds

As a result, the Kurds lost the ability to sell Kirkuk oil.

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByRACHEL AVRAHAM
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are seen yesterday in the Karez area west of Mosul, Iraq.

Preventing an ISIS resurgence

US coalition shifts Iraq operations as last terrorists cleared out

NOVEMBER 20, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iraqi army members participate in a live ammunition training exercise with coalition forces trainers at Taji base in August 2017

Analysis: How Kurdistan’s Independence Can Spark the Middle East

Despite longstanding ties between the Kurds and Israel, support for Kurdistan independence is more than likely a geo-political one, with Israel looking to get a foothold in the region.

OCTOBER 8, 2017ByBOB MASON/FXEMPIRE
A STATUE of a Peshmerga fighter in Kirkuk.

The American Christian aid volunteers giving Kurdish Peshmerga medical training

A US-based Christian aid group teaches Peshmerga fighters how to save their lives and those of their comrades.

OCTOBER 3, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
AN FAI VOLUNTEER shows Peshmerga how to apply a tourniquet at a base at Hawija, Iraq.