Druze in suggesting this merger, particularly in light of the fact that the. The druze and the circassian communities cast their lot with israel when it fought for its survival against a coalition of arab armies that invaded the fledgling country in 1948. Druze in israel tend to vote for zionist parties as opposed to hadash, balad, raam and taal. The arab druze minority lived in historic palestine on the current territory of israel before zionist immigration began. Pdf this study investigated israelidruze students reading comprehension in hebrew as a second language as related to their attitudes and cultural. The druze in israel make up for less than 2% of the population, which is. Israel also has a sizeable community of druzeabout 150,000, located entirely in the northern portions of the country. In a sign of solidarity, thousands of israelis, including several retired highranking military officials.
Beit jann is a druze village in the upper galilee with a population of about 11,500. A comparison of the gene tic distances b etween the dr uze and the reference populations figur e s2 con rmed that druze individuals exhibi t the sho rtest. Brides across the border syrian druze bribes who have. Kamil abu rokon from the druze village of usefiya in the galilee is now the head of cogat. The druze are a unique religious community that began with a split. Already in the 1930s, the jewish leadership in palestine were making efforts to. The druze revere jethro, the fatherinlaw of moses, whose tomb in northern israel is one of their most sacred sites.
Israeli military faces druze uproar over jewish nation law. The druze is the second religion that i encountered that i had no idea existed on my trip to israel i connected immediately with the bahai faith but the druze religion has a few aspects that i found complex and rather unusual. The israeli armys herev battalion is comprised almost entirely of druze soldiers. The druze community in israel is officially recognized as a separate religious entity with its own courts with jurisdiction in matters of personal status marriage, divorce, maintenance and adoption and spiritual leadership. Their villages in the carmel and golan regions offer not only an insight into their interesting religion, but great food as well.
Measuring the attitudes of the arab citizens in israel konrad. The israeli druze are a unique religious and ethnic minority among arab citizens of israel. Israel appointed in march 2018 a druze officer to the highest position in the occupation unit of the army. Only a druze is permitted to read the sacred texts.
The druze community, more correctly known as the muwahideen, number close to 120,000 in israel. Pdf druze minority students learning hebrew in israel. Druze in israel between state policy and palestinian arab nationalism. The social characteristics of the druze society in israel about one hundred and thirty thousand druze live in israel currently. Indeed, many druze mashaykh resorted to a politics of silence throughout the struggle for control of palestine and, as such, refrained from joining the arab rebels. Attitudes toward the high followup committee for arab citizens of israel. Israel s druze, a minority within a minority, are respected by israeli jews for their military service and loyalty to the state. In 2019, there were 143,000 druze livin g in israe l, 1.
Jabr muadi politician who served as a member of the knesset for seven different parties between 1951 and 1981. Their religion is a secretive one and the community is very closeknit. The druze in israel accept the existence of a discussion or dialogue on the subject, but not in amman, the capital of jordan, and not with the participation of druze leaders from neighboring countries. It is an arabspeaking community loyal to the state that has suffered hundreds of casualties in its defense, and whose men serve today in highranking and sensitive positions within the israeli military and security forces. The druze deviated from the shiites after following alhakim biamr allah, who they believe to be divine. The druze faith is one of the bestkept secrets in the middle east, hence non druze have a very limited knowledge of the theology behind druzism. Israels,000 druze live mostly in the north of the country. Through this story, the movie explores the nature of borders, real and imagined, and the power they have over our lives. Upon the establishment of the state of israel, the druze chose, or one may.
Yet, in israel the strong relationship between arab druze and israeli jews shows hope for the future of the middle east. The issue is an internal one to the druze within the state of israel, and any dialogues should take place in israel and between israeli druze. It is a convenient way to embrace multiculturalism in israel as the druze in most villages in israel serve in the israeli army and although they are not jewish, are big supporters of the jewish state. Pdf the role of military service in the integrationsegregation of. The druze reside in 14 localities located in the northern district 81% of the druze population, excluding the golan heights and haifa district 19%. The druze are considered infidels and unbelievers whose blood and. The state of israel acknowledges the separate status of the druze as an independent society that its sons are obliged to serve in the army. The druze numbered more than 1,000,000 in the early. Why do the druze support israel in the israeliarab conflict. Their main characteristic is their religion which is secret and known only to a very small group, not more than about a fifth of the population. We were able to spend an evening in a typical druze village and restaurant that i will talk about in another post. Druze, also spelled druse, arabic plural duruz, singular darazi, small middle eastern religious sect characterized by an eclectic system of doctrines and by a cohesion and loyalty among its members at times politically significant that have enabled them to maintain for centuries their closeknit identity and distinctive faith.
Later they also moved into the valleys of the interior and into parts of the hill districts, as well as into the negev. Gadeer mreeh journalist and politician, serving as a member of the knesset for blue and white since april 2019. Reconstructing druze population history scientific reports nature. Jewish immigration in the 20th century greatly altered the settlement pattern of the country.
The druze, who are an ancient religious sect with ties to shiite islam, were split between israel and syria following a 1967 war when israel gained the golan heights from syria. Druze constitute a small minority, not quite 10%, of israel s arab population. According to various estimates, there are approximately 100. Druze heroes killed on temple mount fulfilled foretold end. Syria is home to half a million and lebanon to another 250,000. The druze initiative committee the druze initiative committee supports those druze citizens of israel who refuse to serve in the military. For these druze refugees from syria, help comes from an. The fulfillment of their role as brothersinarms with the jews precipitates the endofdays war against amalek. Khnifess, amir 2015 israel and the druze political action. Druze want israeli protection from syrian islamists.
The druze people reside primarily in israel, syria and lebanon. The druze in israel have been loyal to the country, and there is a biblical dimension that connects them to the jews, too, the rabbi said. Israel is home to a sizeable druze community that is extremely loyal to the state and has high rates of military service. Israeli and druze elites fashioned this identity through distinct military. The druze community in israel has condemned the jewish nationality law, which effectively demotes them to secondclass citizens despite their military and other service to israel. The druze are located in sixteen villages in the carmel and the galilee. Israeli druze look over the israel syria border line into syria from the israelicontrolled golan heights, july 7, 2018. We investigated the genetic relationships between israeli druze and both modern and ancient populations. Israel has traditionally cited the druze, a secretive religious sect whose men serve in the israeli army, as proof that nonjews can prosper inside a selfdeclared jewish state. Nationality law makes israels druze secondclass citizens. They accept aspects of judaism and aspects of islam and christianity, yet do not yet know the god of israel. Middle east druze in israel struggle with discrimination. The druze survivors ended up in isolated parts of syria and lebanon, namely in southern syria in the jabal ad druze or the druze mountains and in the mountains of lebanon, in a place called mount lebanon. The druze are unique among the arab communities in israel, known for their loyalty to the state.
Pdf this study applies the negative peacepositive peace approach to internal. Israels loyal druze move into open revolt dissident voice. The druze in israel and the question of compulsory. Druze the druze religion the muwahideen ifcj learn. She is the first druze woman to serve in the knesset. To gain an understanding of the psychosocial function of reincarnation among druze, interviews were conducted with nine male subjects who had experienced reincarnation notq and. Mona is torn between abandoning her family israel and joining her future. Blue and white and derech eretz will formally merge later in the week into a 17mk joint faction called blue and white and will be joining the coalition, while yesh atidtelem remains in. We find in his article reporting on 7 druze joining the palestinianstruggle against. In israel, tiny druze minority galvanizes opposition to. The druze village is often a popular stop on birthright israel trips as well as israeli school trips. Genetic research claims to trace mysterious origins of.
Israel s supreme court reduces sentence for druze spy druze tps tazpit news agency in august 2012, makat was released from prison after serving 27. There are two distinct druze communities in israel, one assimilated and one loyal to syria. Blue and white splits into four parts after mergers and. According to a study by israel s central bureau of statistics, the village is ranked low in terms of socioeconomics.
They say that israel is a melting pot of different cultures and religions. Pdf the psychosocial function of reincarnation among. They have a better standing in israel due to their faithfulness than other minorities, yet feel they fall between the cracks being neither jewish nor typical israeli arab. Early druze populations inhabited presentday syria, lebanon, jordan, and palestine israel. Educators guide druze in israel unpacked for educators. Israeli druze are best to be described as a minority within a minority.
The druze are a minority group who live peacefully in israel and are renowned for their hospitality. The first modernday jewish settlers established themselves on the coastal plain in the 1880s. In 1956 david bengurion decided to enforce compulsory military service for druze and circassian youngsters, who have been serving in the israel defense forces ever. Druze in israel, about 100,000 of whom are citizens while the rest are residents in. Its remarkable even that the,000 israeli druze, neither muslims nor christians, have survived in the middle east, avoiding the often gruesome fate of other minorities like christians, yazidis and shiites. The conclusions are based on the case of the israeli druze, an ethnic minority. The majority of the palestinian arabs are sunni muslims who harbor strong anti druze sentiments these feelings are based on religious convictions and fatwas that go back centuries. The deadly attack last week on the temple mount pitted israeli druze against muslims, tightening an prophesied alliance with israel that has biblical roots leading back to the druze patriarch jethro. On 30 june 2011, haaretz reported that a growing number of israeli druze were joining elite units of the military, leaving the official. However, recent days have seen an unprecedented outpouring of anger from large segments of the druze community over a nationstate law passed last month by the israeli. They live primarily in the galilee and the golan heights, and are classified as a separate religious group, with their own courts and their own jurisdiction in matters such as marriage, divorce, and adoption.
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