Israel's Druze Community

Israeli-Druze social activist: Israeli society will recover

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

By ERIC NARROW
28/03/2024

Between trauma and integration: Today’s Druze-Israelis

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

21/02/2024

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.”

06/01/2024
IDF Widows and Orphans Organization

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 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

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.

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.

A member of the Druze community holds a Druze flag as he speaks to an Israeli soldier near the borde

Politics are not getting in the way of Druze medical officer’s IDF duty

Druze soldier Capt. Rami Sheikh told the Post about his love for Israel and his dedication to the IDF.

Druze try to rally around Israel-Hamas war to push for formal equality

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Amid the Israel-Hamas war, the government intends to advance a Basic Law to anchor the standing of Druze society in the State of Israel.

By MARK WEISS
24/11/2023

Druze-Israeli kickboxer wraps herself in Druze, Israeli flags as she advances in championship

“It was important for me to raise the Druze flag,” she said, “in memory of the sons of our community who have fallen in the war."

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