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Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Thursday, July 24, 2025
Netanyahu meets Druze spiritual leader
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets in his office with Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif on July 24, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community, in Jerusalem, says Netanyahu’s office.
Earlier this week, Tarif met with President Isaac Herzog following deadly sectarian violence targeting the Druze community in the Sweida province of Syria.
Israel has carried out a series of airstrikes against the new Syrian regime in what it says is part of its commitment to protect Syria’s Druze.
The meeting comes as Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is reportedly set to meet with Syria’s Foreign Minister in Paris.
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