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Druze men from the Golan Heights in traditional garb (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
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Israel’s Druze honor the prophet Jethro in annual pilgrimage to ancient tomb
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Holiday gives visitors a glimpse of secretive religion, and community's 'living bond' with Israeli Jews
Druze men from the Golan Heights in traditional garb (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
April 24, 2018, 10:01 am
Israel’s Druze honor the prophet Jethro in annual pilgrimage to ancient tomb
Holiday gives visitors a glimpse of secretive religion, and community's 'living bond' with Israeli Jews
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Druze residents of the Ein Qiniye village on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights hold pictures of the Syrian president Bashar Assad and Issam Zahreddine, the late Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard as they march during a rally marking Syria's Independence Day on April 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)
April 17, 2018, 5:12 pm
Druze in Israel’s Golan Heights rally in support of Syria’s Assad
Some 500 residents of Ein Qiniye march to mark Syrian Independence Day and to protest Western airstrikes against alleged chemical weapons sites
By AFP
Kamil Abu Rokon, center, Israel's next liaison to the Palestinians, receives the rank of major general from IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, right, and Abu Rokon's wife in a ceremony at the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on March 29, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 29, 2018, 6:58 pm
Kamil Abu Rokon appointed Israel’s next liaison to Palestinians
Druze officer promoted to major general, will take over for Yoav Mordechai after formal ceremony in May
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A Border Police officer stands guard at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron. (Israel Police)
March 25, 2018, 8:22 pm
5 Druze Israelis arrested for smuggling weapons from West Bank
Suspects brought several caches of arms into Israeli territory after making deal with Palestinian citizen
By TOI staff
Communication Minister Ayoub Kara attends the "Likudiada." a gathering of Likud party members and supporters in the southern city of Eilat, on January 12, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 12, 2018, 5:07 pm
Communications minister apologizes for suggesting death penalty for ‘fake news’
Ayoub Kara says his comment was misinterpreted, attributes tone of remark to Hebrew not being his native language
By Alexander Fulbright
An anti-violence protest in the Druze village of Yarka, Israel, December 30, 2017 (Twitter video screenshot)
December 30, 2017, 5:08 pm
Hundreds rally against violence in Druze town after failed assassination attempt
Family says person who planted bomb in 25-year-old Yara Abu Abla's vehicle last week mistook her for someone else
By TOI staff
A Druze soldier attacked and beaten by other soldiers is seen at hospital (Facebook photo, family)
December 19, 2017, 5:10 am
Two soldiers arrested in attack on Druze soldier at base
Victim taken to hospital after being kicked and punched all over his body until he lost consciousness
By JTA
Brig. Gen. (res.) Kamil Abu Rokon, current head of the Defense Ministry's Border Crossing Authority, named Israel's next military liaison to the Palestinians on December 17, 2017. (Dana Shraga/Defense Ministry)
December 17, 2017, 1:45 pm
Kamil Abu Rokon named Israel’s next military liaison to Palestinians
Defense Ministry's official announcement comes month after minister leaked that the Druze brigadier general had been tapped to replace Yoav Mordechai
By Judah Ari Gross
Walid Jumblatt, the political leader of Lebanon's minority Druze sect, speaks during a press conference after a meeting of the Druze community's religious leadership in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, June 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
November 26, 2017, 1:03 am
Lebanese Druze leader urges Saudis, Iranians to talk
Calling for dialogue between arch-rivals, Walid Jumblatt says modernization reforms in kingdom can't work if war in Yemen continuing
By AP and TOI staff
Brig. Gen. (res.) Kamil Abu Rokon, current head of the Defense Ministry's Border Crossing Authority, reportedly named Israel's next military liaison to the Palestinians on November 20, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 20, 2017, 10:14 am
Minister lauds new liaison to Palestinians — before he’s officially approved
Jumping the gun, Ayoub Kara congratulates Kamil Abu Rokon on COGAT role, despite Defense Ministry not signing off
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli soldiers take part in a mobile artillery exercise near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights on November 19, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)
November 19, 2017, 8:01 pm
IDF again fires at Syrian forces in Golan demilitarized zone
For second time in two days, Israeli tank fires a warning shot at Assad troops fortifying positions along the Israel-Syria cease-fire line
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Smokes billows from the southern Syrian Druze village of Hadar on November 3, 2017, as seen from the Israeli Golan Heights. (AFP/JALAA MAREY)
November 18, 2017, 5:22 pm
IDF tank fires warning shot at Syrian forces near Golan border
Assad troops were fortifying a position in the demilitarized zone along the Israel-Syria cease-fire line, in violation of truce agreement
By TOI staff
A wounded Syrian man being carried on a mule as they approach a meeting point with Israeli soldiers on Mount Hermon in the Israel Golan Heights on the border line between Israel and Syria, before being transferred to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment, October 26, 2017. Figures are blurred to prevent identification. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
November 6, 2017, 8:14 am
Arriving on donkeys, Syrian war wounded seek Israeli help
A perilous journey in the dead of night, between warring factions, leads to a rendezvous with IDF soldiers on the Golan Heights, and from there to medical treatment inside Israel
By Delphine Matthieussent
Druze men in the Israeli Golan Heights congregate near the Syrian border, waving their community's flag, after they heard about a suicide bombing in the Syrian Druze village of Hadar, on November 3, 2017. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
November 5, 2017, 2:24 pm
Palestinian Authority claims Israel backs al-Qaeda in Syria
Ramallah says IDF promise to defend village of Hader was a 'tactical retreat' following pressure from Israeli Druze
By Dov Lieber
In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, left, arrives for a mass funeral of ten Lebanese soldiers at the Lebanese Defense Ministry, in Yarzeh near Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 5, 2017, 1:17 pm
Relationships of doom
Lebanon's split with Iran and Hezbollah has pundits worried about war, but commentators also bemoan attempts to get the right and left together at the Rabin rally
By Joshua Davidovich
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