Israel's Druze Community

MDA ambulances donated to Syrian Druze communities, Israeli Druze MK says

“Today, army leadership informed me that the fully equipped ambulances have arrived in the village of Hader and five additional Druze villages in southern Syria,” Hasson said.

Magen David Adom ambulances
ISRAELI AND Druze flags at the entrance to the northern Druze village of Hurfeish on November 29 2023.

Israel launches NIS 15 million initiative to bring Druze, Circassians into tech industry

Leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, speaks at his house in Julis, northern Israel, July 28, 2025

Israel's Druze use AI to present to testimonies of 'sexual terrorism' against Syrian Druze women

Leader of the Druze community in Israel Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif speaks with Reuters at his house in Julis, northern Israel March 13, 2025.

Israeli Druze leader seeks US security guarantees for Syrian minority


'I dream of liberated Druze land for brethren in Syria' - One activist's national aspirations

Druze activist Khalifa Khalifa dreams of a friendly Druze autonomy in southern Syria as a response to the Assad regime’s deadly campaign.

 "THE DRUZE saw themselves as part and parcel of the Syrian state, until the war began.' A Druze girl takes part in a rally over then-US president Donald Trump's support for Israeli soverignty over the Golan Heights, in Majdal Shams near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria.

New Druze reservist association to tackle challenges faced by group - interview

‘We embrace the Jewish State with all our might, and would love to receive this embrace back,’ says founder Adib Abu Aasi.

Druze fighter with a Druze flag in Gaza

A peace to be broken: The Golan amid the escalation with Hezbollah

Reporter's notebook: If war comes, this peace will be broken, as it was in 1973, and the heights will once again form a bulwark for Israel against enemies near and far. 

Israeli reserve soldiers take part in a military drill in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, May 8, 2024

Efforts to strengthen the South and North recognized by Israeli president in 'Unity Day' Ceremony

Menomadin Foundation, Aharai, Kerem-El Druze Pre-Military Academy, Yedidim Organization, Heroes for Life, and Partnership2Gether presented with awards for contributions to Israel since October 7.

 President Herzog with winners of the 2024 Jerusalem Unity Prize.

Israeli Druze leader: We must be equals in everyday life, not just in mourning

The head of the Beit Jann Local Authority, Attorney Nazih Dabbour, announced that all planned celebrations of the Muslim and Druze holiday of Eid-al-Adha are to be cancelled.

 Capt. Wassem Mahmoud

Capt. Wassem Mahmoud, seven other IDF soldiers killed in Rafah blast

A preliminary investigation reveals that the incident occurred around five in the morning. IDF soldiers from the 401st Brigade had just completed an attack in Tal as-Sultan.

Friends and family mourn Druze IDF Captain Wassem Mahmoud, in Beit Jann, northern Israel, June 16, 2024

Druze Oct. 7 hero foregoes Independence Day torch-lighting: I'm being threatened

Nasrin Yosef, October 7 hero who interrogated Hamas terrorists, says she's receiving death threats, foregoes privilege of lighting Independence Day torch

A TORCH burns on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl.

Israeli-Druze social activist: Israeli society will recover

Lorena Khateeb spoke at The Jerusalem Post's Women Leaders Summit.

 Lorena Khateeb at the Women Leaders Summit

Between trauma and integration: Today’s Druze-Israelis - interview

Druze community members hope that the community can continue to strengthen with the State of Israel after the October 7 massacre.

 The Druze flag decorated with a Star of David can be seen in the Druze town of Daliat al-Karmel, northern Israel August 2, 2018

Israel's Druze community launches public diplomacy War Room amid Hamas war

The War Room “will focus on responding to and confronting negative publications and propaganda related to the State of Israel during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.”

 'THE DRUZE walked with Israel for more than 100 years, and they must get the same privileges.'