Israel's Druze Community

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

"I want to tell you what the most important mission is - to ensure life. I am committed to this, and by the way, I am also speaking with President Trump about it," Netanyahu said during the meeting.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet leaders of the Druze and Circassian communities.
THE AMERICAN JEW is becoming more visibly Jewish without becoming more religious. The Israeli Jew is becoming more religious without becoming more visibly Jewish.

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

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

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

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

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


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.

 Capt. Wassem Mahmoud

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.

Friends and family mourn Druze IDF Captain Wassem Mahmoud, in Beit Jann, northern Israel, June 16, 2024

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

A TORCH burns on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl.

Israeli-Druze social activist: Israeli society will recover

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

 Lorena Khateeb at the Women Leaders Summit

Between trauma and integration: Today’s Druze-Israelis - interview

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

 The Druze flag decorated with a Star of David can be seen in the Druze town of Daliat al-Karmel, northern Israel August 2, 2018

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.”

 'THE DRUZE walked with Israel for more than 100 years, and they must get the same privileges.'

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