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Israeli Druze citizens serve in the Israel Defense Forces. [117] The Jewish-Druze partnership was often referred to as "a covenant of blood" (Hebrew: ברית דמים, brit damim) in recognition of the common military yoke carried by the two peoples for the security of the country.
Israelis from the Druze minority, together with others, held Israeli and Druze flags in a rally to protest against the nation-state law in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2018. - Corinna Kern/Reuters ...
Recent data reported in Israeli media shows an increase in the numbers of Druze from the Golan seeking Israeli citizenship, but the numbers doing so remain extremely small: 75 in 2017 to 239 in 2021
The Israeli military said the victims were struck by an Iranian-made rocket carrying a 50-kilogram warhead that was fired by Lebanese Hezbollah group at a soccer field in the Druze Arab town.
The IDF does not conscript non-Druze Arab citizens of Israel, though their men and women may enlist voluntarily. Unique among the country's Jewish-majority population are the Haredi Jews , who previously enjoyed full exemption from the IDF through a special arrangement called Torato Umanuto , which was organized by Israel's founding prime ...
Similarly, the Golan Heights was incorporated into Israel proper in 1981 and Druze residents were granted permanent resident status. Although eligible for naturalization as Israeli citizens, the Golan Druze have largely retained Syrian nationality. [41] About 4,300 of the 21,000 Druze living in the area held Israeli citizenship in 2022. [42]
There have been Israeli Arab members of the Knesset ever since the first Knesset elections in 1949. The following is a list of the 100 past and present members. Some Israeli Druze dispute the label "Arab" and consider Druze to be a separate ethnic group.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in a 1967 war and later annexed it, a move not recognised by most world powers. Ties between the Israeli state and the plateau's Druze community, whose ...