Druze, Israel and Syria

Druze Religious Elders From Syria Make Historic Visit to Israel
People gather on the day Israeli Druze leader Sheik Mowafaq Tarif and around 100 Syrian Druze religious elders, in the first Druze delegation from Syria just after 1973 war, visit the Nabi Shuayb Shrine, a holy place for the Druze community, in northern Israel March 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Israeli Druze prepare for first visit by Syrian Druze in decades
The head of the Druze community in Israel on Thursday hailed plans for the first visit by a Druze religious delegation from Syria in five decades, despite escalating cross-border tensions underscored by an Israeli airstrike on Damascus.
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
Dozens of Syrian Druze Make a Rare Visit to Israeli-Controlled Golan Heights
Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community have crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades
Syrian Druze clerics head to Israel for first pilgrimage
A delegation of Syrian Druze clerics headed to Israel on Friday, marking the first such visit since Israel’s creation in 1948. The pilgrimage, organised at the invitation of the Druze community in Israel,
In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
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US and Israel approach African countries to resettle Gazans
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Harvard Law School students endorse call for divestment from Israel, pro-Palestinian student group says
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Air Canada apologizes after Israel erased from the map on some of its planes
Forty Boeing 737 MAX planes were found to have moving maps that had erased Israel, labeling the state as “Palestinian ...
AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza
The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as ...
Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine
The two sides are supposed to negotiate a second phase of the cease-fire agreement that would end the war, but they remain ...
Israel acknowledges possible forced use of civilians in Gaza military operations, launches investigation
For the first time, the Israeli military has acknowledged that there is “reasonable suspicion” to believe soldiers forced ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Israel Purim
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids wear costumes ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP ...