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The Biden administration is admitting Israel into a select group of countries whose citizens are allowed to travel to the United States without getting a visa in advance. The decision announced ...
At the end of 2017, the average age of the Israeli Druze was 27.9. [63] About 26.3% of the Israeli Druze population are under 14 years old and about 6.1% of the Israeli Druze are 65 years and over. Since the year 2000, the Israeli Druze community has witnessed a significant decrease in fertility-rate and a significant increase in life ...
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.
Israel will be joining the US Visa Waiver Program, allowing Israeli citizens to soon enter the United States without a visa and vice versa, the Biden administration has announced.
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]
Additionally, Arab citizens of Israel (who constitute about 21% of the Israeli population) are also exempted from military service. This exemption does not originate via Israeli statutory law, but is instead based on the guidelines of the IDF Human Resource Department, issued under the IDF's discretionary powers pursuant to the law. [3]
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 ...
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.