Israel's Druze Community

'I'm Israeli first, but a Druze Israeli': the fighter waving both flags

Israeli-Druze MMA rising star Sean Pero is chasing UFC gold while redefining identity, belonging, and representation inside and outside the cage

Sean Pero, 26, an Israeli Druze fighter, is rising in the mixed martial arts world who has his sights set on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and, eventually, a world title.Premium
 Druze have been serving in the IDF since the state was born.

Erdogan’s road through Syria runs into the Druze - opinion

Dr. Khir with one of her patients at Clalit-Julis clinic.

‘I wanted to do something revolutionary,’ first female Druze doctor in Israel tells the ‘Post’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet leaders of the Druze and Circassian communities.

Netanyahu meets with leaders of Druze, Circassian communities at Dead Sea summit


Editor's Notes: The era of the Reshuffled Jew - comment

The October 7 massacre did not awaken Jews. It moved them – in every direction at once.

THE AMERICAN JEW is becoming more visibly Jewish without becoming more religious. The Israeli Jew is becoming more religious without becoming more visibly Jewish.

First Druze party launches ahead of elections, aims for independent representation

The new party, Alliance of Brothers, aims to unite Druze citizens of Israel and empower them to influence the public agenda.

Col. (res.) Wajdi Sarhan launces Druze 'Alliance of Brothers' party at an event in Majdal Shams, Monday, May 4, 2026.

Gadi Eisenkot pledges to place Druze candidate in 'realistic' place on Yashar! Party election list

Yashar! Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot pledges to place a Druze candidate in a "realistic" spot on the party's Knesset election list, following a tour of Druze towns.

Yashar! Party leader Gadi Eisenkot speaks in Herzliya, April 26, 2026; illustrative.

Walid Jumblatt: The hidden obstacle to Israeli-Lebanese rapprochement - opinion

Walid Jumblatt's opposition to any Israeli-Lebanese rapprochement is deeply personal and goes to the core of being master of the art of political survival.

LEBANESE DRUZE leader Walid Jumblatt speaks during an interview with AFP at his residence in Beirut, last year.

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.

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

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

The NIS 15 million ($4.69 million) initiative aims to support technological entrepreneurship and connect aspiring entrepreneurs to high-tech companies, academia, investors, and professional mentors.

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

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

Sheikh Tarif, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community, also drew the diplomats’ attention to the crimes committed against Druze women in the attacks on Sweida and the nearby Druze villages. 

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

Israeli Druze leader seeks US security guarantees for Syrian minority

"We hope that the United States, President Trump, and America as a great power, we want it to guarantee the rights of all minorities in Syria," Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged.

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

'Hamas agent in IDF uniform': Israeli arrested for threatening IDF's Druze COGAT chief

The suspect posted on Facebook that Alian was "a strategic security threat to the State of Israel at the level of a ticking bomb…” and “Ghassan Alian is a Hamas agent in an IDF uniform!"

 Major General Ghassan Alian, Head of Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for court hearing on the entering of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, July 21, 2024.