Druse

Indigenous Arab inhabitants of Middle East, with their own religion, culture. Israel's Druze have ties to the country.

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


No progress made in second Netanyahu meeting with Druze

Dichter decries smear campaign against his law.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets leaders of the Druze community: Likud MK Ayoob Kara, Sheikh Moafaq Tarif, the current spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, to discuss the controversial Nation-State Law, Brig.-Gen. Amal Asad (ret.) and former Labor MK Shakib Shanan

Druze officials ask High Court to strike Jewish nation-state law

"The law transforms the country’s Druze population and other minorities, including Arabs, into second-class citizens"

The Knesset votes on the nation-state bill, July 19, 2018

Syrian refugees

The question of allowing refugees into the country is not a simple matter; it needs to be considered with great care and sensitivity.

A Syrian refugee boy stands in front of his family tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Rivlin hosts, applauds efforts of interfaith clergy

Even as tensions escalate in the north, co-existence is thriving thanks to well-intentioned citizens.

Reuven Rivlin

A synagogue celebrates Druse-Jewish ties

Druse and Jewish friendship celebrated in Tel Aviv.

Druze prayer house.

Two soldiers indicted for 'savage' attack on Druse comrade

An investigation into the beating of the soldier was opened after family members took to social media posting pictures of the bloodied soldier.

IDF soldiers during a training exercise

How far will Israel go to protect Syria’s Druse?

“Protecting Hader is an Israeli interest," Communications Minister Ayoub Kara, who is of Druse origin, said.

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

Officers killed in Old City attack are buried, remembered as patriots

Political leaders praise dedication of Druse community to nation’s security.

Police officer Kaamil Shanan

World reacts to Jerusalem terror as officers are laid to rest

The two victims of the attack were buried on Friday afternoon in their home towns in northern Israel.

Hail Stawi, killed in a terrorist attack on the Temple Mount, is buried in the village of Maghar, July 14, 2017.

IN PICTURES: Friday's terror attack on Temple Mount

Follow the day's events in photos.

Israeli police remove assailant from Temple Mount compound

Four kadis appointed to Israel's Druse courts

Rivlin: Judges a bridge between traditional values and those of the present era

President Rivlin attends Druse festival of Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb at Jethro’s Tomb in northern Israel