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Israel's Druze Community

 THE FUNERAL takes place for Maj. (res.) Nael Fwarsy in the Druze village of Maghar, in September. He was killed in a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel.

Druze society demands civil equality to match their heroes military sacrifice

By AMIR KHNIFESS
 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Druze ed-tech startup wins NIS 300,000 investment from Sheba Medical Center initiative

 Col. (res.) Mofid Marai stands with members of the Jewish Agency.

The Jewish Agency elects first Druze representative to its board of governors in a historic move

 ISRAEL HAS the world’s third-largest Druze population, after Syria and Lebanon. Here, Druze gather to contact their relatives on the Syrian side of the border from the Israeli Golan Heights.

New committee forms to connect Druze, Circassian homes to Israel's power grid, legalize homes

 An Israeli firefighter works to put out a fire in Kiryat Shmona, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in northern Israel July 29, 2024.

Why Hezbollah is not Israel's biggest threat on the northern border

By Matthew Levitt/Los Angeles Times/TNS
 MK Benny Gantz attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024.

Gantz urges targeting Lebanon's infrastructure, increasing military pressure

 Druze people from Israel, the Golan Heights and Syria use speakers and microphones to communicate across the Syrian-Golan Heights border, after children and teens were killed at a soccer pitch by a rocket Israel says was fired from Lebanon, near Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Golan Heights

Jews worldwide should stand by the Druze community in Israel - opinion

By Lt. Col. (res.) Avital Leibovich
 WREATHS WERE laid this week next to the soccer field in Majdal Shams where 12 children and youths were killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack last Saturday.

There’s no cookie-cutter solution for trauma

By Mai Leshem
 Amir Salameh, a Druze from the village of Hurfeish, completed his pharmacy studies as a military cadet in the IDF.

Israeli-Druze pharmacist becomes doctor, rejoins IDF with a mission

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office yesterday.

‘Golan Heights is part of northern Israel,’ White House says

 Israeli rescue forces seen at the site of a Hezbollah missile attack in the druze village of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024.

US response to Hezbollah attack on Majdal Shams influences regional dynamics

 Netanyahu said during a visit Monday to the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights that came under attack on Saturday

Benjamin Netanyahu vows strong response to Hezbollah attack killing 12 children in Majdal Shams

 Family and friends mourn during the funeral service of druze children who were killed at a soccer field from a missile fired from Lebanon, in the druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, July 28, 2024.

Lebanese Druze 'Appalled and heartbroken by Hezbollah’s Majdal Shams massacre'

 RONALD S. LAUDER

'Unimaginable pain': World Jewish Congress condemns Hezbollah attack on Majdal Shams Druze village

 Israeli rescue forces seen at the site of a Hezbollah missile attack in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024.

Gajafara Ibrahim, 11, confirmed killed in Majdal Shams attack

 Families whose children were killed by a Hezbollah rocket launched react before the funeral in Majdal Shams, northern Israel, July 28 2024

Politicians flock to Majdal Shams, angering some residents

The Knesset plenum on July 24, 2024.

Labor MKs propose Nation State Law amendment after Majdal Shams attack

 The aftermath of a Hezbollah attack in the druze village of Majdal Shams, northern Israel, July 28, 2024

Reporter's Notebook: Majdal Shams on the frontline