Quneitra Crossing to Reopen Monday

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned that all parties “must abide by the 1974 agreement and keep any military forces other than UN peacekeepers out of the area.”

Israel’s Supreme Court Reduces Sentence for Druze Spy

In August 2012, Makat was released from prison after serving 27 years for previous security offenses.

New Bill Offers Tax Deduction to Minority Towns Whose Sons Serve in the IDF

"Israel is and will remain a Jewish state, but we cannot forget the minorities who have tied their fates to the state's."

Netanyahu Convenes Second Meeting of New Ministerial Committee on Druze, Circassians and Minority Security...

The committee was established last week by a decision taken in the weekly government cabinet meeting.

Report: NIF, EU, UN Drive Ferocious Campaign to Quash Israel’s Nationality Law

The Struggle Headquarters propaganda maliciously misrepresents the law, using a false comparison between two Border Guard officers, one a Jew, the other a Druze.

Netanyahu at Cabinet Meeting: Israel is the National State of the Jewish People, Exclusively

Individual rights, Netanyahu said, are anchored in many of the state's laws, but not Jewish national rights.
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Netanyahu Cuts Short Reconciliation Meeting with Druze Leadership

Netanyahu said he would not continue to meet with someone who called Israel an Apartheid state.

Druze General Taking Ride on Nationality Law: Netanyahu’s Offer Humiliating

In March 2017, Asad was arrested together with 12 others on suspicion of conspiring to commit a crime, money laundering, fraud and breach of trust.

IDF Suspends Druze Officer After Public Protest Against Nation-State Law

Somehow Israel's minority populations have been led to believe their rights have been or will be abrogated by the passage of this basic law.

Early Survey Shows Modest Majority of Israeli Jews Supporting Nationality Law

Not surprisingly, a full 84% of the Arab public thinks there was no need to legislate the Nationality Law.

An Israeli Druze Ignores his Community’s Dependence on a Strong Jewish State

"This morning when I got up to go to my base, I asked myself [...] why must I serve the State of Israel, the state which I and both my brothers and my fathers served [...] and in the end what are we? Second class citizens."

Kahlon, Bennett, Regret Parts of Nationality Law, Promise Amendments

"There is a specific flaw in the law concerning our Druze brothers which must be rectified, but the law itself is essential and will remain in place."

Death Threats Against Druze Minister for Supporting Nationality Law

Three Druze MKs, two of them members of the coalition, petitioned the High Court of Justice against the Nationality Law.

Real Madrid FC Joins Hundreds who Honor Slain Druze Border Policemen

Stawi's family decided to honor Hail's memory by holding an annual race, The Ramos Race, named after Hail's son who was only three weeks old at the time of the attack.

Jewish-Owned Chelsea Football Club, WJC, Launch ‘Red Card for Hate’

The competition will expand to Germany and France for a following round next year, in response to high-demand from soccer clubs across Europe.

Preference for IDF Veterans in Civil Service Hiring Bill Passes Preliminary Knesset Vote

MK Esawi Frej (Meretz) suggested that "if this proposal is passed, every job for the Arab sector will go to the Druze."

Druze Officer to Replace Yoav Mordechai as Gov’t Coordinator in Judea and Samaria

Kamil Abu Rokon is currently the head of the Israeli Border Authority.

Tensions Rising on Israel’s Northern Border with Syria

The targeted outpost is located near the Druze village of Hader, in southern Syria.

Study: Only 14% of Israeli Arabs See Themselves as ‘Palestinians’

52% of Jews believe that it would be better for Jews and Arabs to live separately so that the Jews can preserve their Jewish identity – while 77% of Arabs do not want to live separately.

IDF Chief Says Israel Willing to Share Intel with Moderate Arab States in First-Ever...

"In this matter [of Iran] there is complete agreement between us and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

Minister Kara Invites Saudi Mufti to Visit Israel

The mufti said fighting against Israel was inappropriate and that Hamas was a "terror organization."

Seven Arrested Over Golan Heights Riot

Druze residents in the Golan Heights maintain a complicated relationship with Israel.

Anti-Israel Rioters Crash Israeli-Arab Pro-IDF Event in Lincoln Square Synagogue

Eventually the NYPD showed up, rounded up the rioters and released them—uncharged—outside.

First Israeli Druze Graduates as Air Force Combat Navigator

“Don’t be afraid of failure – it would only make you stronger,” is the message he said the younger generation needs to hear.

Eid al-Adha Greetings from Israeli Leaders to Muslims, Druze

"Ku’am wa antum bekhair. Happy Holiday!" wrote Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Palestinian Olympic Committee Forces Boxer to Lose Rather Than Compete With Israeli

"The [Palestinian] Olympic Committee made the decision, and as a competitor I cannot oppose them," the boxer said.

Druze Brig. Gen. Incoming IDF Medical Corps Chief

In 2011, Dr. Tarif was instrumental in setting up the evacuation to Israeli hospitals of an estimated 2,500 wounded Syrians who have been approaching the border asking for help.

Research Group: Israeli Education Near Bottom of Developed World

The quality of Israel’s education has improved over past two decades, and yet Israel is near the bottom of the developed world, its 8th graders get correct answers on only half their math questions, Israel’s weakest students are also the weakest in the developed world, and Israel’s top students rank only in the bottom third of the developed world.

High Court Decision Reignites Arab-Jewish Housing Tensions

When the auctions were unsealed, it turned out the winners were all Arabs, despite the fact that a large number of Jewish residents had participated.

Iraqi Police Officer Expresses Solidarity With Israel

The note was translated by the prime minister's Arab media spokesperson, Ofir Gendelman.

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