Posts Tagged: Israeli Druze
Israel Launches Heavy Airstrikes in Damascus, Vowing to Shield Druze
Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, damaging the defense ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in...
The Israeli Druze Community: A Covenant of Brotherhood
The Israeli Druze community is one of the groups that make up the 26% of Israel’s non-Jewish population that contributes to the diverse makeup of...
Assad Is Trying to Stir Up Trouble Among Israel’s Druze
JNS.org - During the first week of September, a large group of Druze sheikhs from the Golan Heights sought to visit Syria, but were stopped...
Former TV News Anchor Set to Become First Druze Woman in Israel’s Parliament
With Israel's election just over a month away, a Druze former television news anchor is poised to become the first woman from her Arabic-speaking minority...
Golan Druze Mark Anniversary of Israeli Annexation
Carrying Syrian flags and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad, hundreds of Arab Druze who live on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights gathered on Thursday...
False Apartheid Claims Follow Passage of Israel’s Nation-State Law
Anti-Israel groups in the United States are using a recently passed Israeli law to ramp up false claims of apartheid. Israel's new "nation-state" law defines...
Thousands Attend Funerals of Temple Mount Terrorists in Northern Israel
JNS.org - Some 10,000 people gathered in the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm on Wednesday night to attend the funerals of the three Arab terrorists...
Temple Mount Terror Attack Highlights Key Role of Israeli Druze Community
JNS.org - Last Friday’s deadly terror attack near the Temple Mount shows that Israel is at the forefront of the clash of civilizations between the Islamic world...
Shots Fired at Mosque Amid Rising Tension Between Israeli Druze and Muslims
JNS.org - Unidentified assailants fired gunshots and threw a stun grenade at a mosque in the northern Israeli town of Maghar early Monday, in the second...
US Swiftly Condemns ‘Despicable’ Terror Attack in Jerusalem
JNS.org - US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman swiftly condemned Friday’s “despicable” terror attack in Jerusalem, in which three Arab terrorists killed two Israeli Druze police...
Head of Israel’s Arab Parties Lukewarmly Condemns Temple Mount Terror Attack
JNS.org - The head of the alliance of Israel’s Arab political parties, Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh, issued a lukewarm condemnation of Friday’s terror attack in...
Temple Mount Terrorist Attack Highlights Deep Bonds Between Jewish and Druze Communities, Says Israeli Rabbi
A leading Israeli rabbi who works closely with Druze religious leaders spoke on Friday of the deep bonds between the Jewish and Druze communities, hours after two Druze...
Israeli-Druze Grandma Entrepreneur Becomes a Star at Spanish ‘Festival of Women’
JNS.org - An Israeli-Druze grandmother entrepreneur has become a star in Spain after representing Israel at the prestigious annual Festival of Women in the city of...
Israeli Druze Stop IDF Ambulance Carrying Wounded Syrian Fighters
JNS.org - Druze in the northern Israeli town of Hurfeish stopped an Israel Defense Forces ambulance early on Monday that was transporting wounded Syrian rebel fighters...
