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Tom Cohen conducts the youth program of The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West in Tel Aviv, May 2026. (Yaakov Buta)
May 28, 2026, 12:37 pm
In Israel, an Arab-Jewish youth orchestra builds a new ‘East-West’ sound together
The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, which arranged the program for young musicians, blends Western orchestral music with Middle Eastern traditions
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
From left: Dr. Khir, Dr. Ashur and Miriam Adelson on stage Sunday 17 May 2026 at the ceremony. Credit: Clalit Health Services Spokesperson
May 22, 2026, 1:37 pm
Israel’s first Druze female doctor receives recognition award from Miriam Adelson
Presenting the honour to Dr. Nadia Khir, Israeli-American philanthropist says: 'her decision to study medicine changed reality for an entire generation of women'
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Israeli bobsleigh team (Photo Credit: AJ Edelman)
February 23, 2026, 11:40 am
Israel withdraws Olympic bobsleigh team after false illness claim
Israeli officials pull historic bobsled squad after improper attempt to field Druze reserve athlete
By Annabel Sinclair
January 2, 2026, 7:53 pm
Israel unveils multi-million pound boost to widen its high-tech ecosystem
The government's NIS 25m national programme will include innovation centres for the Druze, Circassian and Bedouin communities
By Candice Krieger
The damaged border fence in Majdal Shams several days after Israeli Druze breached it to reunite with family members in Syria, July 2025. (Deborah Danan)
July 24, 2025, 2:00 pm
Druze town where hundreds breached border with Syria mourns one tragedy while fearing another
SPECIAL REPORT: 'They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states,' recalled a soldier who witnessed family reunions during the brief breach
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
An image from video footage showing the strike on Damascus
July 16, 2025, 3:15 pm
Israel strikes Syrian general staff compound in Damascus over attacks on Druze
The IDF said it targeted the compound due to the attacks being ordered from there against the city of Sweida, with allegations of atrocities being inflicted on its Druze population
By Daniel Sugarman
Raif Rashed
April 16, 2025, 3:55 pm
Nova survivor opens restaurant in New York
Taboonia is the city’s second Druze restaurant — and the first to seek kosher certification.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Statue of Sultan Al-Atrash, a Druze icon and national hero, who led a revolt against French colonial rule in the village of Swuedia in southern Syria in 1925.
February 7, 2025, 10:06 am
SPECIAL REPORT: In identity-torn Golan Heights, Druze dream of peace with Syria
Jotam Confino discovers that the feeling of Syrian patriotism has been revived after the toppling of Bashar Al-Assad and the hope of a unified country
By Jotam Confino in the Golan Heights
The Druze flag and Israeli flag fly side by side in the country of co-existence
October 6, 2024, 8:46 pm
Israel is a melting pot of co-existing cultures!
Everyone needs to know about the rich diversity of Israel's communities
By Charlotte Henry
(Top row, L-R) Ameer Rabeea Abu Saleh, 16, Iseel Nasha’at Ayoub, 12, Hazem Akram Abu Saleh, 15, Milad Muadad Alsha’ar, 10 (Middle row, L-R) Alma Ayman Fakher Eldin, 11, Naji Taher Alhalabi, 11, Johnny Wadeea Ibrahim, 13, Yazan Nayeif Abu Saleh, 12 (Bottom row, L-R) Fajer Laith Abu Saleh, 16, Vinees Adham Alsafadi, 11 Nathem Fakher Saeb, 16, who were killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on Majdal Shams on July 27, 2024
July 31, 2024, 1:27 pm
SPECIAL REPORT: Broken-hearted Israeli Druze support each other
Deaths of 12 children in Hezbollah rocket attack has devastated Golan communities
By Jenni Frazer
Pictures from Sharaka Delegation visit to Yad Vashem, December 13, 2020:
January 25, 2021, 5:44 pm
‘Never again’ in Hebrew and Arabic as Gulf states mark Holocaust Memorial Day
In wake of Abraham Accords, Auschwitz survivor Vera Kriegel gave testimony to young people from the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia, who recently visited Yad Vashem
By Stephen Oryszczuk
President Rivlin with incoming MDA UK Chair Russell Jacobs (left) and MDA UK Chief Executive Daniel Burger (right) during his flying visit to the UK
November 27, 2019, 12:23 pm
President Rivlin makes flying London visit with focus on Israel’s ‘four tribes’
Head of state travelled to the UK to discuss how charitable groups can help improve the lives of Israel's Arab, Bedouin, Druze and Charedi communities
Reda Mansour
August 5, 2019, 1:57 pm
Druze diplomat felt ‘humiliated and treated like a suspect’ at Ben Gurion
Israel's Ambassador to Panama, Reda Mansour, claims he was subject to racial profiling at Israel's main international airport
By Jewish News Reporter
El Al plane
July 4, 2019, 3:49 pm
El Al hires its first Druze flight attendant
Merach Kara of Daliyat al-Karmel overcame cultural traditions of her community in bid to get the job, which she has vied for since the age of 4!
By JTA
Druze students from Ono Academic College’s Beyahad program pose at their graduation ceremony in January 2018.
April 25, 2019, 10:42 am
Empowering Druze women to shatter Israel’s glass ceiling
Noam Mirvis looks at a special programme providing young Druze women with the conditions required to advance their professional careers, while maintaining their unique way of life
By Noam Mirvis
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