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Most Israeli Druze identify ethnically as Arabs. [177] Today, thousands of Israeli Druze belong to "Druze Zionist" movements. [174] According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics census in 2020, the Druze make up about 7.6% of the Arab citizens of Israel. [178]
Other Druze respondents identify their ethnicity as "Druze" or "Druze-Arab". [102] According to the Israel Democracy Institute survey conducted in 2015, around 54% of Druze respondents said that religious identity (the Druze identity) is the most important identity for them, followed by Israeli identity (37%) and Arab identity (5%).
"The Druze follow a lifestyle of isolation where no conversion is allowed, neither out of, or into, the religion. When Druze live among people of other religions, they try to blend in, in order to protect their religion and their own safety. They can pray as Muslims, or as Christians, depending on where they are.
The Druze are a small, distinct religious and Arab ethnic group originating in Lebanon in the 11th century and becoming an important factor in the region thereafter.
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 Druze are an Arab sect of roughly one million people who primarily live in Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Originating in Egypt in the 11th century, the group practices an offshoot of Islam which ...
The Druze made up about 3.2 percent of the population of Syria in 2010. [2] [3] The Druze are concentrated in the rural, mountainous areas east and south of Damascus in the area known officially as Jabal al-Druze. [4] Druze is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Syria has the largest Druze population in the world, [12 ...
Jabal al-Druze (Arabic: جبل الدروز, romanized: jabal al-durūz, lit. 'Mountain of the Druze'), is an elevated volcanic region in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria. [1] Most of the inhabitants of this region are Druze, and there are also significant Christian communities. [2][3] Safaitic inscriptions were first found in this ...