Israel's Druze Community

Israeli Druze renew their push for the IDF to defend their relatives in Syria as Jerusalem worries over new US-Syrian relations.

The Israeli government must act – not just out of loyalty to our Druze brothers and sisters, though that alone would be reason enough.

Major J.'s story is of an Israeli-Druze family from Ma’jar which is inseparable from Israel’s military and security forces.

The rise of extremist forces in Syria under the new regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa poses a direct threat to regional stability and border security.

“After October 7 and in light of the growing threat from Hezbollah, can Israel afford to allow extremist groups to gain a foothold along its northern border?” asked Sheikh Muafak Tarif.

The international community is too busy legitimizing the Taliban-like terrorist regime that now runs Syria to provide support for the Druze, other minorities in Syria.

Fighting between Druze residents and militias associated with Syrian government forces has intensified in recent days, leading to dozens of deaths and urgent calls for intervention.

They were evacuated to the Ziv Medical Center in Safed after sustaining injuries in Syrian territory.

“After the Alawites, Christians, are other minorities next?” a community leader told The Jerusalem Post. “This is really shocking and heartbreaking.”

The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday.

"We no longer trust the body that calls itself a government," Hakmat Al-Hajeri, a leader in Syria’s Druze community, said.