Druze, Syria and Israel

First Druze crossing in 50 years as Israel courts allies in Syria
It's the first time in five decades that Druze leaders have crossed from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory to visit Druze religious sites and communities here. The buffer zo
Israel says 10,000 aid packages sent to Syrian Druze, part of ‘minority alliance’
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Druze Religious Elders From Syria Make Historic Visit to Israel
A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel's backing for the community amid growing tensions with the new government in Damascus.
Three buses carrying Druze from Syria cross into Israeli-controlled area of the Golan Heights
The visit comes as Israel says it is supporting the minority in a country now ruled by Islamists. But many Druze have rejected its overtures, and critics accuse Israel of trying to weaken and divide Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
Katz says Israel will soon allow Syrian Druze to work in the Golan Heights
Announcement comes as Israeli politicians lambast Syrian transitional government for reported mass killings, urge European states to 'wake up' and stop granting regime legitimacy
Israeli Druze Prepare for First Visit by Syrian Druze in Decades
Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif said the visit by around 100 Syrian Druze religious elders on Friday would be the first to Israel in some 50 years, when a group came in the immediate aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur war between Israel,
Syrian Druze cross armistice line for pilgrimage to Israel
Dozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's first pilgrimage to a revered shrine since Israel's creation in
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Oft-overlooked Druze see new NIS 3.9 billion plan as step to address old grievances
After a Haifa stabbing attack mislabeled as terrorism sent fear through the close-knit Druze community last week, Sunday's ...
IDF raids West Bank terror hotspots, arrest infiltrators from Jordan
Nabi Shu'ayb was an ancient Medinite prophet, and the most revered prophet in the Druze faith. Because Shu'ayb is often ...
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Israeli army ordered to prepare to 'defend' Druze city in southern Syria
The Israeli army has been ordered to prepare to "defend" a Druze-majority city in southern Syria close to the capital, ...
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‘We Did Not Ask for Protection’: Syrian Druze Reject Netanyahu’s Intervention
Protests erupted across southern Syria in response, with civilians condemning Netanyahu’s remarks as interference in Syrian ...
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Netanyahu tells IDF to protect 'Druze village amid clashes with terrorist' Syrian forces
The IDF will either attack the Syrian forces if there is a problem, or if it is just a threat to keep distance from Israel, ...
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Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or accept IDF presence
Instead of merely reacting to developments, we now see an Israel that actively shapes events," Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak tells JNS.The post Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or ...
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Israeli army establishes 2 military posts on occupied Syrian Jabal al-Sheikh
The Israeli army has established two military posts on the top of Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh) in the occupied Syrian Golan ...