Israeli Druze are watching their government's pressure campaign in Syria. Israel says recent airstrikes inside Syria are to protect the Druze religious minority there from sectarian violence.

MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation during a visit to the scene of a rocket strike that killed 12 young members of a minority Druze community in ...

Mourners gather around the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

For the 150,000-strong member Druze community, attacks against their brethren across the border cause concern and a commitment to strengthen their rights as Israeli citizens The post ‘Maybe God ...

Some 130,000 Israeli Druze live in the Carmel and Galilee in the country’s north. A further 20,000 reside in the Golan Heights, territory Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 war.

Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen in Syria in recent weeks, leaders of Israel's own Druze minority say the Israeli military was right to intervene to defend ...

Druze and Jews have a deep history of partnership, with some Druze even fighting in the Jewish Haganah militias in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948.

The Druze community in Israel, a distinctive religious and ethnic minority, stands out for its unique cultural heritage and unwavering loyalty to the state. With a population of approximately ...

An Israeli man from the Druze community participates in a rally against Israel’s Jewish Nation bill in Tel Aviv, on Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) ...

Druze massacre in Syria should be a warning for Israel He warned that the unfolding violence just over the border poses a broader threat. “The massacre should be a red flag for Israel.

While many headlines in Israel trumpet Druze heroism and loyalty, this is no utopia. There have been rumblings of discontent about the “nation-state” law. Critics say it focuses almost ...

Some 130,000 Israeli Druze live in the Carmel and Galilee in the country’s north. A further 20,000 reside in the Golan Heights, territory Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 war.