Following the Majdal Shams massacre led by Hezbollah, The Jerusalem Post reached across the border to hear from two Druze activists about their community’s reaction to the Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 children in Majdal Shams, the terrorist group’s attempts to deny involvement, and the oppression faced by this ancient indigenous population. N: … Read more
In the wake of the Hezbollah attack on Majdal Shams, the US reaction has been watched closely in the region.This is part of a larger context in which countries have been watching how the US responded to the October Hamas attack and whether the US could get Hamas to release the hostages it took, … Read more
In the wake of the attack on the northern Druze village Majdal Shams on Saturday, the Democrats (former Labor) Party’s four Members of Knesset proposed on Sunday a bill to amend a Basic Law that Israel’s Druze community considered discriminatory. The proposal is to add several provisions to the Basic Law: Israel – the … Read more
The situation of the Syrian Druze community in the southern Suwayda governorate is deteriorating as the Assad regime targets the unique ethnoreligious group, falsely accusing them of stirring chaos on behalf of Israel. Only less than a week ago, the regime assassinated a local Druze commander named Marhej Al-Jarmani in his home. Al-Jarmani led … Read more
First I just want to thank you very much,” opened Khalifa Khalifa. “In the shadow of the events in Gaza and the war with Hezbollah, it is difficult to draw attention to something that is far from the eye and far from the heart, and no one seems to care, so this has great … Read more
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amal Asad, called on the government representative, Economy Minister Nir Barkat, not to come to the Druze Remembrance Day ceremony in Usfiya. “Yes, absolutely, even though I was Nir’s commander, and he is always proud of it,” Asad told Walla on Saturday. Asad, who during his military service fought in the Battle … Read more
Likud MK Ariel Kelner has begun to advance the Basic Law: Covenant of Life, which affords special status to Israel’s Druze and Circassian communities. The new bill is being legislated as a response to the heavy criticism voiced against the Nation-State Law, which is the only legal document that identifies Israel as the Jewish … Read more
