Lebanese town refuses to allow Hezbollah takeover

Lebanese town refuses to allow Hezbollah takeover

The Christian-Druze southern Lebanese town of Hasbayya has consolidated efforts to ensure it does not join the list of Hezbollah strongholds, the New York Times reported on Sunday.  Volunteers from some of the 30,000 residents of the town monitor the local border day and night. The active residents are quick to report suspicious vehicles … Read more

Comittee to connect Druze, Circassians to power grid established – Israel Politics

Comittee to connect Druze, Circassians to power grid established – Israel Politics

A committee to connect Druze and Circassian communities to Israel’s power grid and legitimize unauthorized structures will be established, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced in a meeting on Tuesday. The plan presented proposed legislative action to legally connect members of these communities to Israel’s electric system. Nearly 10,000 Druze homes are connected to … Read more

Druze activists in Lebanon express horror at Hezbollah attack on Israel

Druze activists in Lebanon express horror at Hezbollah attack on Israel

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

Perceptions of US role in MidEast can feed or weaken Israel’s enemies

Perceptions of US role in MidEast can feed or weaken Israel’s enemies

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

Democrats propose equality amendments to Israel’s basic law – Israel Politics

Democrats propose equality amendments to Israel’s basic law – Israel Politics

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

Syrian Druze discusses Assad’s oppressive regime

Syrian Druze discusses Assad’s oppressive regime

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

Nir Barkat’s former commander tells him not to come, not welcome – Israel Politics

Nir Barkat’s former commander tells him not to come, not welcome – Israel Politics

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 advances bill to give Druze, Circassians special status – Israel Politics

Likud MK advances bill to give Druze, Circassians special status – Israel Politics

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