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Hypocrisy and double standards over the massacre of the Druze

Melanie Phillips - JNS.org — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 04:27:51 +0000

The hypocrisy, double standards and malevolence are off the scale. Syrian government forces carried out a four-day massacre this week of the Druze minority in Suweida, a Druze town in southern Syria. An estimated 300 Druze were slaughtered in a series of barbaric atrocities perpetrated by troops loyal to the new Syrian president, Abu Mohammed […]

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Majdal Shams in mourning: A day after the deadly terror attack

Sveta Listratov — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:25:06 +0000

One day after a devastating rocket attack killed 12 children at a soccer field, the Druze village of Majdal Shams is reeling with grief and shock. The soccer pitch, once filled with the joyful sounds of children playing, is now a field of mourning tents. Eleven children were laid to rest today, while one has […]

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Druze restaurant goes Kosher to unite with soldiers

Sveta Listratov — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 05:16:08 +0000

The aroma of spices and the sound of rattling pans filled the kitchen of the Noor restaurant. The restaurant, nestled in the Galilee Druze village of Julis, was made kosher in an act of solidarity with soldiers passing through the town. “I want to feed all the Israeli soldiers! They all are like my children, […]

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Three years after being killed in secret op in Gaza, identity of the Special Forces operator revealed

Aryeh Savir - TPS — Mon, 16 May 2022 06:07:54 +0000

On Sunday, three and a half years after Lt. Col. “M.” was killed in a secret mission in the Gaza Strip, the identity of the Special Forces operator was revealed – Lt.-Col. Mahmoud Kheir el-Din from Hurfish, a Druze town in the Galilee in northern Israel. He was 41 years old and is survived by […]

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50,000 turn out in Tel-Aviv to support Druze call for equality

TPS-IL — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 06:45:20 +0000

Over 50,000 people flooded Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to protest the controversial nation-state law. The demonstration, called by the Druze community, highlighted the ongoing dispute between minority communities and the government.

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A message to the Jewish nation from a Druze Zionist friend

JNS — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 06:28:51 +0000

Atta Farhat: There are no Druze in the world who can claim a better and freer life than the Druze citizens of Israel.

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Netanyahu meets Druze leader

J-Wire Newsdesk — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:48:13 +0000

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joined Minister Ayoob Kara at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem to meet with Israel's Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif.

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Netanyahu to hold meeting on nation-state law following objections by Druze

JNS — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 05:39:20 +0000

Education Minister and Jewish Home Party leader Naftali Bennett said the nation-state law “deeply hurt” the Druze community, an ethno-religious minority group in Israel, adding that the government must “find a way to heal this wound.”

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