Syria condemned Netanyahu's visit as a violation of its sovereignty, while Qatar denounced Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon that killed and wounded dozens, calling for urgent regional and international action to uphold cease-fire agreements and prevent further escalation

Levy, who was released from captivity in February, shared his experience of becoming a full-time single father to his young son after his wife was killed during the October 7 Hamas attack, and says that despite his experiences since October 7, he wants to ensure his son does not 'hate or fear' Arabs

The fact that Israel and the Kurds have had common enemies – Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria – have led to shared strategic interests and on-and-off covert relations since the mid-1960s. But the big question today is whether, in the wake of the tectonic shifts of the last two years, this could trigger an open alignment between them