Katz says Israel will soon allow Syrian Druze to enter Israel for work in the Golan Heights

By Emanuel Fabian

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9 March 2025, 3:42 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A street vendor awaits customers by his banana stall in the Druze-majority Jaramana city in the Damascus countryside on March 2, 2025. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)

Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel will soon allow Syrian Druze to enter Israel for work in the Golan Heights.

Katz in a statement says he “salutes” members of the Druze and Circassian communities in Israel for “their loyalty and bravery and their contribution to Israel’s security in difficult and crucial times.”

“We will continue to strengthen them and also protect their brothers in Syria against any threat,” he says.

The remarks come as the government approves an aid plan for the Druze and Circassian communities in Israel.

“We will soon also allow Druze laborers from Syria to come to work in the Golan Heights communities in Israel,” Katz adds.