Druse in israel

Families of July 2024 Majdal Shams missile attack victims sue Hezbollah for NIS 80 million

Shurat HaDin filed the NIS 80 million lawsuit on behalf of the Majdal Shams families whose children were killed in a Hezbollah rocket strike.

MEMORIAL CEREMONY for 12 young Druze residents from Majdal Shams, killed in a Hezbollah missile attack in July 2024. Shurat HaDin is representing families of the victims in a lawsuit against Hezbollah.
 The scene of a Monday morning attack in Haifa.

Family of Druze assailant in Haifa terror attack say he suffers from mental illness

The funeral of Jamal Abbas.

Grandfather of Arab-Israeli fallen soldier: We believe in Israel, Zionism

 View of the Druze town of Isfiya, Northern Israel. October 03, 2023.

Israel to build thousands more homes in northern Druze settlement


Female Druse news presenter makes history on Channel 1

Ghadir Kamal Meriach became the first female Druse news presenter on Channel 1, earning praise from industry peers.

Ghadir Kamal Meriach

Time for a reset

Radical Islam, of both the Sunni and Shi’ite flavors, has become the dominant political force in much of the Middle East.

A DRUSE man watches the fighting in Syria from the Israeli side of the Golan Heights

Memorial for slain Druse soldier vandalized

Family members said that they have difficulty understanding the vandalism, calling it “a crime of the utmost severity.”

BULLET HOLES are seen in the memorial to hero medic Sgt. Salah Tafesh

Top of the hill

Usfiya’s Druse residents are so hospitable it’s even fun to get lost in the Mount Carmel village.

Making typical Druse pita in Usfiya

Meet the IDF’s ‘Beduin battalion’

Unit 585’s men take pride in ‘Israel in miniature,’ which includes other minorities and even Jews.

SOLDIERS FROM the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion pose for a group portrait on October 3. They include Muhammad Shibli (second from left), Hussein Fawaze (center) and Roee Hezi (far right). The unit includes Beduin, Jews, Christians, Druse and Circassians.

Israeli MK: IDF helping al-Qaida in Syria at expense of Druse

Kulanu MK Akram Hasson's comments in an interview with Channel 2 came amid fierce battles in recent days near the Druse village of Khader in the Syrian Golan Heights.

Members of the Druse community watch the fighting in the Druse village of Khadr in Syria as they stand on the Israeli side of the border fence between Syria and the Golan Heights

Druse and Circassian municipalities threaten to close schools over funding

This strike comes as Bennett’s Bayit Yehudi party is attempting to sign up thousands of new members from the Druse community in a membership drive that began on Monday.

Children walking to school

Bayit Yehudi in recruitment drive among Druse citizens

Asad estimated that in last year's election, the overwhelming majority of the Druse voted for Yisrael Beytenu.

THE DELEGATION poses with Druse and Israeli flags in California.

Entrepreneurial spirit in the Upper Galilee

Supporting the small businesses of religious Druse.

The challenges of maintaining tradition: Sheikh Qasam Bader, religious leader of Hurfeish, the country’s second-largest Druse village

Druse journalist released to house arrest following 'incitement' arrest

In hearing on Wednesday, a police representative said Bassem Safadi’s crimes were “severe” and that “he is not a naïve man”.

Bassam Safadi, the arrested reporter