Sunday’s parade featured the first-ever Muslim delegation, and Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, marched with a group of U.N. ambassadors, despite the global body’s frequent criticism of the Jewish state.
Approximately 60,000 tourists visit the Druze village Peki'in each year. It is also where the sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai hid from the Romans in the 2nd century.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel visited the sacred shrine of Nabi Shu'ayb to mark the Druze holiday, honoring the community's deep and cherished bond with the State of Israel.
Maccabi Haifa, a northern Israeli soccer team, honored the 14 Druze IDF soldiers killed over the past two years and paid tribute to the 12 Druze children murdered by a Hezbollah rocket attack.
Hundreds of Syrian Druze marched through Sweida—where radical Islamic terrorists once left a trail of slaughter—raising Israeli flags and photos of Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The doctor's father had emigrated from Syria to Israel in 1947, leaving behind relatives the family had only heard about through occasional messages over the years.
The Israel Defense Forces and other security forces transferred the medical equipment and medications—including trauma treatment supplies and life-saving medications.
In a raw and personal journey across the Israel National Trail, Mansur Ashkar—an ex-IDF special forces officer—discovers the soul of Israel through breathtaking landscapes, biblical history, and the unexpected, unconditional hospitality of Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Bedouins.
Zamir: 'We are acting with determination to prevent hostile elements from establishing a presence beyond the border, to protect the citizens of the State of Israel, and to prevent the harming of Druze civilians.'
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that IDF strikes against Syrian regime forces near Sweida would intensify if threats to the Druze population persist.
The facility, located close to the Hader area, aims to provide care for the Syrian-Druze population, who are often targeted during periods of regional stability.
Rashed said the restaurant is expected to receive its certification from Rabbi Zev Schwarcz at IKC in the coming weeks and that there will be a grand opening celebration, likely after Passover.
All the satellites will likely remain operational for about three years, and after that, they’ll become more space junk, eventually burning up in the atmosphere.
Druze community leaders in southern Syria spoke in favor of being annexed to Israel’s Golan Heights, amid fears of retribution by Sunni Islamist rebels.