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


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 children preparing to depart from Ben-Gurion International Airport

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

The proposal for the expansion of the Kisra-Sumei settlement.

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.

 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.

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.

 Dalit El Carmel

Politics are not getting in the way of Druze medical officer’s IDF duty

Druze soldier Capt. Rami Sheikh told the Post about his love for Israel and his dedication to the IDF.

A member of the Druze community holds a Druze flag as he speaks to an Israeli soldier near the border fence between Syria and the Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams June 18, 2015. Gathered at a hilltop in the Golan Heights, a group of Druze sheikhs look through binoculars at the Syrian village of Hade

Druze try to rally around Israel-Hamas war to push for formal equality

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Amid the Israel-Hamas war, the government intends to advance a Basic Law to anchor the standing of Druze society in the State of Israel.

 FAMILY AND FRIENDS of Maj. Jamal Abbas mourn at his funeral in the village of Peki’in earlier this week, after he was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

Druze-Israeli kickboxer wraps herself in Druze, Israeli flags as she advances in championship

“It was important for me to raise the Druze flag,” she said, “in memory of the sons of our community who have fallen in the war."

 The Israeli and Druze flag in the Druze town of Isfiya, Northern Israel. October 03, 2023.

Amend the Nation-State Law now - opinion

Israel is the home of all its citizens, and this needs to be clearly stated.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the Knesset plenum ahead of the vote on passing the Nation-State Law, in 2018.

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.

Yesh Atid submits equal rights amendments to Nation-State Law

The three existing sections define Israel as the historical home of the Jewish people and the Jewish nation-state and make national self-determination in Israel exclusive to the Jewish people.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG pays a condolence call to the Druze community.