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A participant in the Memorial Day service, held in the Arara village in the Negev Desert, to commemorate fallen Arab and Druze Israel Defense Forces soldiers, April 13, 2021. Source: Twitter.

In first, Israel’s Arab sector holds Memorial Day service

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In a historic first, a Memorial Day ceremony was held on Tuesday to commemorate fallen Arab soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. The event, which took place in the Arara village in the Negev Desert,...
Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin speaking in 2017. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli Air Force appoints first Druze colonel

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The Israeli Air Force on Tuesday promoted Awad Suleiman to the rank of colonel, making him the first Druze to attain this rank in the IAF. IAF Commander Amikam Norkin also named Suleiman head...
Druze students from the Beyahad program at Ono Academic College in Kiryat Ono, Israel, pose at their graduation ceremony in January 2018. Credit: Courtesy.

Program empowers Druze women to break Israel’s glass ceiling

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There is a tradition within the Druze community dating back to the 11th century that calls for complete loyalty to the government of the country in which they reside. In this spirit, the Druze...
Gadeer Mreeh could become the first female Druze member of the Knesset. Credit: Screenshot.

First Druze woman could be part of next Knesset

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Israel could elect its first female Druze member during next month’s election. TV anchor Gadeer Mreeh, who is running on the Blue and White Party headed by former Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Benny...
Shaykh Muwaffak Tarif (center), spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, attends a conference of the Zionist Druze Movement in Herzliya on July 16, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

‘We will not change nation-state law,’ Israel’s justice minister tells Druze

Days after former IDF chief of staff and head of the Israel Resilience Party Benny Gantz told Druze leaders that he would “change” the controversial nation-state law, which the Druze argue makes them second-class citizens,...
Israeli Druze attend a Druze-led rally to protest against the 'Jewish Nation-State law' in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv on Aug. 04, 2018. Tens of thousands of Israeli Druze and their supporters gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest against the 'Jewish Nation-State' law. Photo by Gili Yaari /FLASH90

Druze remain seriously upset about nation-state law, ‘increases potential for conflict’

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Israel’s new nation-state law that passed  last month has caused a great deal of controversy, particularly with Israel’s minorities and, in what came as a surprise to many, the largely pro-Israel Druze community. Israel’s minorities are upset...
Shaykh Muwaffak Tarif (center), spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, attends a conference of the Zionist Druze Movement in Herzliya on July 16, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

Amid recent ethnic tensions, IDF chief meets with Druze and Bedouin leaders

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot visited the tomb of Sheikh Amin Tarif in the Druze village of Julis in Israel’s north on Friday, in honor of the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 27, 2018. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu offers plan to address Druze concerns over nation-state law

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A team appointment by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a plan to the Druze community as part of an effort to resolve concerns the minority group raised over the recently passed nation-state law. “Prime...
Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the funeral of Druze police officer Kamil Shnaan in the northern village of Hurfeish, July 14, 2017. Shnaan was one of two Druze police officers killed by Arab terrorists last Friday near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Credit: Basel Awidat/Flash90.

Minority leaders express support for Israel’s new nation-state law

Despite some Druze leaders’ vocal opposition to the controversial nation-state law, some in the community, as well as within other minorities, are voicing support for the legislation. The nation-state law defines Israel as the nation-state...
Shaykh Muwaffak Tarif, spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, attends a conference of the Zionist Druze Movement in Herzliya, on July 16, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

Netanyahu to hold meeting on nation-state law following objections by Druze

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly convene a meeting to re-examine the controversial nation-state law passed last week after an outcry by the Druze community. Earlier on Wednesday, Education Minister and Jewish Home Party...