Israel's Druze Community

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

Yashar! Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot pledges to place a Druze candidate in a "realistic" spot on the party's Knesset election list, following a tour of Druze towns.

Yashar! Party leader Gadi Eisenkot speaks in Herzliya, April 26, 2026; illustrative.
LEBANESE DRUZE leader Walid Jumblatt speaks during an interview with AFP at his residence in Beirut, last year.

Walid Jumblatt: The hidden obstacle to Israeli-Lebanese rapprochement - opinion

MEMORIAL CEREMONY for 12 young Druze residents from Majdal Shams, killed in a Hezbollah missile attack in July 2024. Shurat HaDin is representing families of the victims in a lawsuit against Hezbollah.

Families of July 2024 Majdal Shams missile attack victims sue Hezbollah for NIS 80 million

Magen David Adom ambulances

MDA ambulances donated to Syrian Druze communities, Israeli Druze MK says


Bleeding children on the soccer pitch and the abandonment of the North - opinion

What else needs to happen so that children do not end their lives while playing soccer or lying dead on the grass? The time for action is now.

 Israeli rescue forces seen at the site of a Hezbollah missile attack in the druze village of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024.

Netanyahu to return to Israel following Hezbollah's Majdal Shams massacre

Twelve cihildren were killed, with 19 wounded to varying degrees, after a deadly rocket attack rattled a northern Israel Druze town.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Joe Biden (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, July 25, 2024.

Jumblatt roasted by Druze spiritual leader in Israel

"Once you manage to solve the internal problems in Lebanon, only then we will talk about the ways to help the Palestinian brothers," said Tarif.

 The qadi (spiritual leader) of the Druze community, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, at the tree-planting ceremony in Ahihud Forest, July 2, 2024.

'I dream of liberated Druze land for brethren in Syria' - One activist's national aspirations

Druze activist Khalifa Khalifa dreams of a friendly Druze autonomy in southern Syria as a response to the Assad regime’s deadly campaign.

 "THE DRUZE saw themselves as part and parcel of the Syrian state, until the war began.' A Druze girl takes part in a rally over then-US president Donald Trump's support for Israeli soverignty over the Golan Heights, in Majdal Shams near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria.

New Druze reservist association to tackle challenges faced by group - interview

‘We embrace the Jewish State with all our might, and would love to receive this embrace back,’ says founder Adib Abu Aasi.

Druze fighter with a Druze flag in Gaza

A peace to be broken: The Golan amid the escalation with Hezbollah

Reporter's notebook: If war comes, this peace will be broken, as it was in 1973, and the heights will once again form a bulwark for Israel against enemies near and far. 

Israeli reserve soldiers take part in a military drill in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, May 8, 2024

Efforts to strengthen the South and North recognized by Israeli president in 'Unity Day' Ceremony

Menomadin Foundation, Aharai, Kerem-El Druze Pre-Military Academy, Yedidim Organization, Heroes for Life, and Partnership2Gether presented with awards for contributions to Israel since October 7.

 President Herzog with winners of the 2024 Jerusalem Unity Prize.

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.