Druse

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

"I believe in Zionism, and I am one of those who established the Druze Zionist movement with other friends."

The funeral of Jamal Abbas.
 View of the Druze town of Isfiya, Northern Israel. October 03, 2023.

Israel to build thousands more homes in northern Druze settlement

 Members of the Druze community protest for the government financial support they were promised, at the Azrieli junction in Tel Aviv on May 10, 2020.

Israel to anchor status of Druze citizens in basic law, Likud announces

President Reuven Rivlin meets IDF soldiers at Shivta base, July 11, 2018

Israeli Druze officer appointed military secretary to President Rivlin


Blood covenant

The ties between the Druse and Israel are unique and strong.

DRUSE SPIRITUAL LEADER Sheikh Muafek Tarif attends the ceremony honoring the divers on Monday.

Arm the Syrian Druse - we owe it to their Israeli kin

Refusing help would be a slap in the face to Israel’s most loyal non-Jewish citizens.

JABER HAMOUD (second left), head of the Druse and Circassian Local Councils Forum, protests in Sajur Sunday.

Israel says prepared for possible Syrian refugee throngs on Golan

Israel's top military officer told parliament on Tuesday that preparations were under way to respond to any massing of refugees on the Golan.

An IDF soldier takes part in drills on the Golan Heights

Likud's Ayoub Kara: Druse in Syria need weapons, not soldiers

Druse deputy minister meets with Netanyahu, Ya’alon over situation; Protest planned for Friday.

Members of the Druze community stand near a Druze flag during a rally in the Druze village of Majdal Shams.

Analysis: Hezbollah and Israel's common interest in Syria

Israel is preparing for an emergency in which it will have to absorb tens of thousands of Druse refugees, or as a last resort use its air force to defend them.

Israeli soldiers stand near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights

Dreaming of a Druse state

Will Israel get sucked into the Syrian quagmire to protect the Druse community near its border from the advancing threat of Islamic State?

Members of the Druze community stand near a Druze flag during a rally in the Druze village of Majdal Shams.

'Druse worries over Syrian brethren could be exaggerated'

Thousands in northern Israel protest after al-Qaida-linked rebels in Syria killed 20 Druse villagers last week.

JABER HAMOUD (second left), head of the Druse and Circassian Local Councils Forum, protests in Sajur Sunday.

'Israel conspired in massacre of Syrian Druse,' Lebanese officials say

A massacre by Nusra Front gunmen claimed the lives of 25 Druse villagers in Idlib earlier this week.

Lebanon's Druse leader Walid Jumblatt

Druse cancel protest as government approves 5-year development plan

Druse and Circassian Local Councils Forum head Jaber Hamoud to ‘Post’: Kahlon and Netanyahu called me in the evening asking what we need to do to cancel the protest.

Benjamin Netnayahu and Ayoub Kara.

Israeli Druse leader calls on US to bomb ISIS near border

“We request that the Americans would attack Islamic State in this area, just as it is doing in other parts of Syria.”

AN ISIS member rides on a rocket launcher in Raqqa in Syria two months ago