Israel's Druze Community

Druze Heritage Center inaugurated as donor urges repeal of Nation-State Law

Haim Saban, lead donor of the event, called to repeal the Nation-State Law whose lack of a constitutional equality clause has drawn criticism from Druze IDF members.

The inauguration of the Saban Druze Warrior Heritage Center in the Galilee town of Kisra-Sumei, October 22, 2025
The program cultivates young leadership grounded in heritage.

New youth leadership program launched in Golan in memory of fallen hero Yossi Tahar

Syrian Druze fly Israel, Druze flags during protest in Sweida, August 16, 2025.

Israel-Syria talks hit snag over humanitarian corridor, sources say

Miriam Adelson attends the Israel Hayom security conference in Jerusalem, December 1, 2024

Dr. Miriam Adelson leads 2025 Israeli Presidential honorees


Unity, Football, and Hope

Children of Majdal Shams Play with Legends of Israel's National Team and the Artists' Team

Families of the Druze victims and the injured, alongside legendary players from Israel's national team

Sharaa's Islamist army fuels Syria's descent into sectarian slaughter

BEHIND THE LINES: In just eight months of Sunni Islamist rule in Syria, already three large-scale incidents of sectarian violence have taken place.

 Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025.

A year after Hezbollah rocket killed 12 Druze children, Majdal Shams rebuilds in their memory

International donors, grieving families, and Druze leaders gather to reopen the playground where a rocket struck, turning loss into a call for peace.

The scene at the soccer field where a rocket crashed in Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024.

US Congressman Hamadeh, Israeli Druze leader hold solidarity meeting after Syria massacres

Hamadeh, a US congressman with Muslim-Druze roots, met Sheikh Tarif in Israel to discuss security and recent attacks on Druze in Syria.

(L-R) US Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh (R - AZ) and Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif

Inside Druze TEC, the new empowerment center reshaping Israel’s tech workforce

Druze TEC studies are open to both men and women of the Druze community after they complete their IDF and National Service obligations.

DRUZE RESIDENTS hand out food to Israeli soldiers guarding a road near the Lebanon border, October 9, 2023.

Chairman of Israeli-Druze center sets up protest tent outside PM's office

Khnifess said that Israel’s intervention in Syria came "too late and was insufficient." "The State of Israel must act to prevent jihadist militias from sitting on the northern border," he emphasized.

Dr. Amir Khnifess set up a tent in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem.

In Druze town where hundreds breached border with Syria, residents mourn one tragedy, fear another

Hundreds of Druze residents pushed through the security fence separating the Israeli Golan Heights from Syria, rushing toward family members they had not seen in decades.

The damaged border fence in Majdal Shams several days after Israeli Druze breached it to reunite with family members in Syria, July 2025.

'For our brothers': Israel's Druze rush to donate blood to Syrian relatives after clashes in Sweida

Dozens of people lined up to donate their blood as soon as the donation center opened and 40 samples were collected in just two hours.

 People carry a person, injured in recent clashes in Syria's Sweida province, as casualties receive treatment at a field medical point, following renewed fighting between Bedouin fighters and Druze gunmen, despite an announced truce, in Deraa, Syria July 18, 2025

IDF, Border Police disperse Israeli-Druze crowds along Syrian border, returns them to Israel

The illegal crossings came around the announcement by US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan, and regional partners.

 IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

Israel's first test as a regional superpower: Defending Druze in Syria's Sweida - opinion

What we are witnessing may be the first chapter of a Pax Israeliana - a regional order not imposed by conquest, but secured by principled strength.

 SMOKE RISES as Syrian troops enter the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday. The Druze community in Syria is not only a historical ally of Israel, but it also sits on the front line between order and tribal disintegration, states the writer

UN pushes for Syrian gov't to end violence against Druze in Sweida

In his statement, Turk condemned the mass displacement and acts of violence in Sweida, including reports of killings, kidnappings, destruction of private property, and looting of homes.

UNITED NATIONS High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a news conference in Damascus, in January. The UN would have condemned Moses and Aaron as war criminals, says the writer.