Who are the Druze? A look at the community following a deadly …
Aug 1, 2024 · Druze rallied in Tel Aviv in their tens of thousands to denounce a law that defines Israel as the “nation state” of the Jewish people, arguing that it relegated their community to the status ...
What is the Golan Heights and who are the Druze? | CNN
Jul 28, 2024 · Tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have reached new heights in the wake of a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The strike on Saturday hit a...
Druze in shock as war between Israel and Hezbollah strikes home
Jul 29, 2024 · For many of the Druze community in the Golan Heights mourning 12 youngsters killed in a missile strike at the weekend, the carnage came as a shock despite the months of daily rocket fire and air...
Druze - The Times of Israel
Dec 16, 2024 · New curriculum to highlight Druze community and its ties to the state, ministry says Announcement of program for middle school students comes days after the Jewish Agency elected a first Druze...
Hope and uncertainty for the Druze community in Syria
Jan 14, 2025 · The traumas of the past. Despite a nationalist discourse pushing for unity, deep concerns persist within the Druze community. The Suwayda region has been heavily impacted by the Syrian conflict and clashes with armed jihadi groups, including HTS's predecessor, the Al-Nusra Front, have left behind a profound collective trauma.. Part of the Druze community also lived under the "proto-state ...
6 Syrian Druze Villages Asking to Be Annexed by Israel
Dec 13, 2024 · During a council meeting of residents of six Druze villages in southern Syria held overnight Friday, it was decided that the jihadist Syrian rebels should be prevented from reaching the Druze...
Horror at deaths of 12 children unites Druze ... - Associated Press News
Aug 3, 2024 · The strike a week ago in the Israeli-held Golan Heights that killed 12 Druze children unified Druze across the region in grief.
Who are the Druze? The minority sect on the fringe of the ... - NBC News
Jul 29, 2024 · The deadly strike has cast a spotlight on the Druze community, a tight-knit sect, which dates back to the 11th century and draws from Christian, Muslim and Jewish beliefs, while incorporating ...
Israeli police clash with Druze protesters in ... - Associated Press News
Jun 21, 2023 · JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Wednesday fired tear gas, sponge-tipped bullets and a water cannon during mass demonstrations by Druze Arabs in the Golan Heights — a rare burst of violence in the normally quiet area. At least 20 people were reported injured.
The Deadly Attack in Northern Israel Exposed the Druze ... - Haaretz
Jul 29, 2024 · On Saturday night, when news of the death and injury of numerous Druze children in Majdal Shams started to spread, thousands of Druze families in Israel, Syria and Lebanon made urgent phone calls to one another, trying to learn the fate of their dear ones, to console, to assist and embrace.