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The Druze in Israel live in a handful of sectarian villages and several mixed-religion Arab localities in pre-1967 Israel (Upper and Lower Galilee and Mount Carmel) and on the Golan Heights. The population figures are as follows (absolute figures and percentage of overall population): [ 1 ]
Mas'ade (Arabic: مسعدة, Hebrew: מַסְעַדֶה) is a Druze village in the northern Golan Heights. It covers an area of 11,985 dunams (11.985 km 2; 4.627 sq mi), and in 2022 had a population of 3,869. It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens and have permanent residency in Israel.
The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century. [10] According to one version, Majdal Shams was established in 1595 by Druze warlord Fakhr-al-Din II, in order to strengthen Druze presence in the Hermon mount.
Isfiya (Arabic: عسفيا, Hebrew: עִסְפִיָא), also known as Usfiya, [3] is a Druze-majority village in northern Israel, governed by a local council. It also includes Christians, Muslims and a few Jewish households. Located on Mount Carmel, it is part of the Haifa District. In 2022 its population was 12,136. [4]
Julis (Arabic: جولس Jūlis, Hebrew: ג'וּלִס G'ulis) [3] is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In 2022 it had a population of 6,738. In 2022 it had a population of 6,738.
MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation during a visit to the scene of a rocket strike that killed 12 young members of a minority Druze community in ...
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Daliyat al-Karmel had a population of 993; 921 Druse and 21 Christians, [18] increasing in the 1931 census when Daliyat al-Karmel, together Deir el Muhraqa and Khirbat al-Mansura had a total population of 1,173, of whom 1,154 were Druze, 11 were Christians and 8 were Muslims, living in a total of 236 houses. [19]
Mourners gather around the coffin of Druze Israeli Lt. Col. Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, on November 3. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip ...