Escalating patterns: Surge in anti-Druze hate speech linked to Syria unrest, CyberWell reports

According to the watchdog, the incitement includes explicit antisemitic language and conspiracy theories portraying Syrian Druze as collaborators with Israel.

Israeli Druze cross the border to check on their family members in Syria, amid the ongoing conflict in the Druze areas in Syria, in Majdal Shams, near the ceasefire line between the Golan Heights and Syria, July 16, 2025.

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

JULY 24, 2025 03:21

Updated: JULY 24, 2025 08:08

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