Israel's Druze Community

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.

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

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.

By DARCIE GRUNBLATT , AVI ASHKENAZI , PELED ARBELI
15/06/2024
A TORCH burns on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, 2017

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

Israeli-Druze social activist: Israeli society will recover

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

By ERIC NARROW
28/03/2024

Between trauma and integration: Today’s Druze-Israelis

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

21/02/2024

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.”

06/01/2024
IDF Widows and Orphans Organization

Druze students excel in Israel according to Annual Taub report

The Druze sector has shown the largest achievement gains in the education system, particularly in terms of the matriculation exams.

Druze communities' booming expansion: Thousands of new apartments

Approval has been granted for 1,000 units in Dalit El Carmel's new neighborhood • Sumei town in Upper Galilee is also set to expand, welcoming 2,000 homes amid infrastructure enhancements

Likud MK advances bill to give Druze, Circassians special status

The new bill is being legislated as a response to the heavy criticism voiced against the Nation-State Law. It is to afford special status to Israel's Druze and Circassian communities.

Housing units approved for Druze settlement amid nationality law protest

Knesset approves major housing projects in Dalit El Carmel, providing immediate building permits as protests against Nationality Law persist. Thousands of housing units and commercial areas planned.

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