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Sun, 11 Aug 2024 10:32:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 https://www.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/JP-Logo-200.jpg https://www.jewishpress.com 32 32 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/lebanon/iran-warns-israel-against-retaliation-for-hezbollah-massacre-in-majdal-shams/2024/07/28/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 13:45:10 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700553 "Any new Zionist adventure against Lebanon, under the pretext of the Majdal Shams incident . . . can lead to the expansion of the flames of war in the region."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/hezbollah/syrian-druze-militia-hezbollah-iran-declared-war-against-druze-community/2024/07/28/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 09:27:44 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700465 "We consider what happened today a clear and public declaration of war by the terrorist Hezbollah and Iran against the Druze community."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/lebanon/netanyahu-we-will-not-let-this-go-unanswered/2024/07/28/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 21:48:06 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700439 "I can say that the State of Israel will not remain silent. We will not let this go unanswered."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/syria/syrias-druze-leader-condemns-hezbollah-attack-on-majdal-shams/2024/07/28/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 21:20:28 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700432 "I strongly condemn the heinous crime against the innocent and the children in the village of Majdal Shams."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/hezbollah/10-druze-israelis-killed-in-rocket-attack/2024/07/28/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 21:14:22 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700345 A scared Hezbollah has denied launching the rocket.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/hezbollah/israel-vows-a-different-response-to-hezbollah-rocket-attack-on-majdal-shams/2024/07/28/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 21:00:18 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700429 "Hezbollah will pay a heavy price for this that it has not paid to this point."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/hezbollah/on-the-phone-i-heard-the-mothers-screaming/2024/07/27/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:13:58 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700393 "I think they have changed their strategy. The Druze community is like an operational tool, a pawn, for Hezbollah."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/hezbollah/druze-leader-brutal-and-murderous-terrorist-attack/2024/07/27/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 19:55:44 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700395 "This has been the ongoing reality in the northern communities for the past nine months. Tonight, it crossed every possible red and black line."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/hezbollah/herzog-hezbollah-doesnt-distinguish-between-jews-muslims-druze-and-christians/2024/07/27/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 19:17:06 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700374 "Hezbollah terrorists brutally attacked and murdered children today, whose only crime was going out to play soccer. They did not return."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/ambassadors-son-found-decapitated-in-northern-israel/2024/06/13/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:06:07 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=694289 The 43-year-old victim was the son of the late Naim Araidi, a noted Druze author and scholar who also served as Israel’s ambassador to Norway from 2012-2014.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/druze-woman-who-interrogated-hamas-terrorists-declines-state-honor-after-threats-to-her-life/2024/05/05/ Sun, 05 May 2024 10:49:28 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=688912 She endured harassment from hostile Arabs who recognized her on the street, tore her Star of David chain, and threatened to kill her.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/as-druze-mark-holiday-figures-show-tenfold-growth-since-israels-founding/2024/04/17/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:39:06 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=686983 The holiday marks the anniversary of the death of the Biblical figure, Jethro, to who the Druze trace their ancestry. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/druze-restaurant-goes-kosher-to-unite-with-soldiers/2023/12/27/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 19:18:38 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=670276 “I want to feed all the Israeli soldiers! They all are like my children, doesn’t matter, Druze or Jewish,” said Basma Hino, the owner of the restaurant Noor.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/idf/next-catastrophe-brewing-syrian-sympathizers-work-on-idf-bases/2023/12/19/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:37:22 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=668970 Members of the Islamic movement in Israel have marked Kibbutz Megiddo as a primary destination for their "return."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/druze-activists-emulate-yesh-hilltop-youth-establish-outposts/2023/09/07/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:25:38 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=655188 The blatantly illegal outposts are being set up in Carmel and the Galilee by Druze activists wearing tee shirts that say, "Ad Kan."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/police-news/druze-man-on-trial-for-hiring-assassins-to-murder-his-lgbt-sister/2023/08/27/ Sun, 27 Aug 2023 08:06:59 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=653466 About a month before the murder, Sharit complained to police that she was afraid her brother would hurt her and wanted to move away from her village. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/jordan-allowing-golan-druze-to-enter-kingdom-without-visas-or-preconditions/2023/07/23/ Sun, 23 Jul 2023 09:57:24 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=648597 This move negates the need for Druze to get an Israeli ID to visit an Arab country.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/israel-postpones-work-on-golan-wind-farm-over-druze-objections/2023/07/03/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:51:03 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=645552 Construction on the project was delayed until August 1 in response to violent protests by Druze residents in the area last month.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/netanyahu-gives-in-to-druze-violence-halts-400-mil-golan-turbine-project/2023/06/25/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 06:05:11 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=644210 On Friday, Sheikh Tarif announced that the state must stop promoting wind turbine construction, otherwise, there would be consequences.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/netanyahu-warns-we-are-a-nation-of-laws/2023/06/21/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:19:14 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=643844 Despite the warning, Netanyahu agreed to suspend construction on the wind turbines in the Golan Heights following a meeting with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/thousands-of-golan-druze-rioting-violently-against-wind-turbines-one-injured-5-arrested/2023/06/21/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:40:18 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=643731 It appears that after they signed the contracts, nationalistic groups put pressure on the landowners who asked to withdraw their consent.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/bedouin/idf-arrests-bedouin-druze-soldiers-who-tweeted-their-support-for-jenin-terrorists/2023/06/21/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:16:14 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=643725 "Allah stands by Jenin, [expletive] Israel."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel-israel/coalition-to-debate-softer-zionist-values-bill-acknowledging-the-druze-haredim/2023/06/04/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 08:17:10 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=641271 Was this another Otzma legislation destined to fizzle out because it was not thought out by professionals?]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/five-israeli-druze-arrested-for-retaliatory-kidnapping-of-hebron-arabs/2023/03/02/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:30:43 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=628311 The Druze kidnapped the PA Arabs after PA Arabs kidnapped and murdered Tinan Fero.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/former-israeli-minister-druze-tribal-warfare-tactics-a-model-for-israel/2022/12/05/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:13:12 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=614753 “The Druze youth protesting in the streets and obstructing roads delivered a message to the Palestinians,” says Ayoub Kara.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/3-druze-idf-soldiers-arrested-suspected-of-hurling-bombs-at-pa-arabs-home/2022/11/28/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:37:36 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=613495 Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi decided to appoint Lt. Col. Ayub Kiyof from the Druze community to commander of the Menashe Brigade.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/palestinian-authority/report-idf-suspended-jenin-operation-after-terrorists-released-tiran-feros-body/2022/11/27/ Sun, 27 Nov 2022 05:56:18 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=613178 The plan to enter Jenin with large IDF forces to carry out mass arrests of terrorists has been on the table for many months.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/terrified-of-the-druze-stolen-boys-body-returned/2022/11/24/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 06:16:30 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=612941 The Druze threatened they will start kidnapping and killing residents of Jenin if the PA Terrorists don't return the boy's body..]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/palestinian-authority/druze-community-threatens-jenin-if-boys-body-not-returned/2022/11/23/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:41:50 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=612862 “If the body of the young man is not returned, we will take revenge on the employees from Jenin who work in Druze cities.” ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/arab-school-principal-suspended-over-his-idf-service/2022/09/19/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:57:51 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=603525 An Education Ministry inspector allegedly leaked the information about his IDF service to the activists.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/saudi-arabia/saudi-magazine-sings-praises-of-israeli-arabs-serving-in-the-idf-but-only-in-english/2022/07/22/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:23:53 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=594852 Among the Bedouin, the trend is reversed.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/israeli-arab-mk-rejects-israeli-sovereignty-announces-visit-to-syrian-golan/2022/06/06/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:24:41 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=588309 The Arab Joint List leader likewise brazenly embraced a convicted terrorist and Syrian spy who is committed to the destruction of the Jewish State.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/druze-reporter-blood-libels-mk-ben-gvir-watch-him-lie-brazenly-on-the-evening-news/2022/05/31/ Tue, 31 May 2022 07:31:22 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=587594 Every day I like Itamar Ben Gvir more. He’ll make a great Internal Security Minister someday.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/druze-population-increased-tenfold-since-founding-of-state/2022/04/26/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:09:17 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=582502 From a population of 14,500 in 1949, the Druze population has risen to some 149,000 as of December 31, 2021.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/efrat-high-school-interrupts-annual-trip-to-visit-family-of-murdered-druze-officer/2022/03/31/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:16:31 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=578875 "We have a particular bond in modern times with the Druze people.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/israeli-arab-druze-hezbollah-agents-arrested/2022/03/20/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:06:37 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=576881 "This affair illustrates the efforts of Iranian and other terrorist elements to exploit the Arab and Druze citizens of Israel."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/idf-hr-officer-more-than-20-minority-soldiers-refused-orders-or-went-awol-during-operation-guardian-of-the-walls/2021/12/06/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:02:31 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=560260 At the end of the operation, some of them just showed up at their bases and were allowed to resume their regular service.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/druze/israel-announces-first-druze-city/2021/10/26/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:34:53 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=553362 Ayelet Shaked announced on Tuesday her decision to change the municipal status of Maghar and turn it from a local council into a city, becoming the first Druze city in Israel, and possibly in the entire world.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/former-israeli-communications-minister-i-was-anwar-sadats-druze-translator/2021/10/17/ Sun, 17 Oct 2021 17:26:19 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=551840 “Presidents Obama and Clinton's mistake was that they thought there could be democracy in Egypt,” Kara explained.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/volunteer-policeman-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-nahariya/2021/09/22/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:01:35 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=548521 Hussam Sajeer had volunteered to work that day, so that a Jewish police officer could have the day off to celebrate Sukkot with his family.]]>