Dozens of Syrian Druze make a rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Over half of the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria. Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel and the Golan ...
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Dozens of Syrian Druze make rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Dozens of clerics and others from Syria's minority Druze community crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades.The nearly 100 Syrian Druze ...
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Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination in Syria | Opinion
There is no reason to believe that the situation of Druze and other minorities will improve following the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. To receive protection in the future Islamic ...
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Israel says it will let Syrian Druze workers cross into Golan Heights
JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Israel's Defence Ministry said on Sunday it would let Syrian Druze workers enter the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syrian territory, without saying when the ...
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Syrian Druze allowed to enter Israel, work in Golan Heights, Katz confirms
Druze from villages in northern Israel seen in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, April 17, 2023 (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ...
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Israeli gov't approved five year plan for Druze, Circassian communities in the north
The government has approved a plan for the economic and social development of Druze communities on the Golan Heights and the Druze and Circassian communities in the Galilee and Carmel regions for ...
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Syrians wanting to join Israel: Listen to the Druze seeking freedom from government
A very unusual meeting took place in early December in a Druze town in southwestern Syria near the Israeli border on the Golan Heights. A few hundred residents from several local villages gathered ...
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Israel says it will let Syrian Druze workers cross into Golan Heights
Israel’s defense ministry said on Sunday it would let Syrian Druze workers enter the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syrian territory, without saying when the government would start issuing ...
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Oft-overlooked Druze see new NIS 3.9 billion plan as step to address old grievances
There are about one million Druze in the world. In Israel, most live in the north — in the Galilee and the Golan Heights. There are also Druze communities in Syria and Lebanon. The relationship ...
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Katz says Israel will soon allow Syrian Druze to work in the Golan Heights
adding that “we will soon also allow Druze laborers from Syria to come to work in the Golan Heights communities in Israel.” The program was initiated by Golan Druze, who asked Israeli security ...
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Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Most other Druze live in Lebanon and Israel, including in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast War and annexed in 1981. In Syria, the Druze take pride in their ...