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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows women and children who has been liberated from the Islamic State group in the Hamima area east of the historic town of Palmyra, Syria on Nov. 8, 2018. (SANA via AP)
November 8, 2018, 8:02 pm
Syria says military freed Druze hostages from Islamic State
State media claims troops liberated remaining 19 women and children abducted by jihadist group in July, but war monitor says prisoner swap ended ordeal
By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue
Israeli security forces stand guard as Druze men protest against municipal elections in front of a polling center in the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on October 30, 2018. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)
October 30, 2018, 9:25 pm
Protests and violence as Druze in Golan vote in local elections
Community largely boycotts polls citing allegiance to Syria, with stun grenade thrown at voting station in Yarka; poll is also controversial in East Jerusalem
By AFP and TOI staff
Sameera Rada Emran, a candidate for mayor in Ein Qinya, stands outside home on October 23, 2018. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
October 28, 2018, 7:39 pm
Golan Druze communities set for first municipal elections — and many are fuming
While some locals support the first local vote since 1967, many others, who feel a strong sense of loyalty to Syria, vehemently protest the move
By Adam Rasgon
Druze residents of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights set ablaze makeshift ballot papers during a protest on October 19, 2018. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
October 27, 2018, 12:42 am
For many Golan Druze, voting in first-ever municipal election remains taboo
Court ruling allowing Druze cities to directly elect representatives for the first time does little to break longstanding boycott of Israeli electoral system
By Clothilde Mraffko
Activists and members of the Druze community protest against the nation-state law, outside the Knesset, on October 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 21, 2018, 9:18 pm
Ministers delay debate on equal rights bill aimed at reassuring Druze
Opposition Druze MK’s proposal seeks to make amends for controversial Jewish nation-state law; he warns community’s voters won’t remain loyal if government doesn’t keep promises
By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff
Zouheir Bahloul (R) handing his resignation letter from the Knesset to Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, October 16, 2018. (Knesset)
October 16, 2018, 6:24 pm
Arab lawmaker from Zionist Union quits Knesset over nation-state law
Zouheir Bahloul hands in resignation 3 months after saying he could not sit in a parliament that passed discriminatory laws; he earned over NIS 100,000 during Knesset recess
By Raoul Wootliff
This picture taken from Syria shows the United Nations peacekeepers bunkers and Israeli part of the Quneitra border crossing as Syrian officials prepare for its reopening on October 15, 2018. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
October 16, 2018, 3:04 am
At Golan crossing reopening, Druze yearn to see family soon
Sole crossing between Israel’s Golan Heights and Syria had been closed for seven years after being overrun by jihadists during the Syrian civil war
By Maher Al Mounes
Activists and members of the Druze community protest against the nation-state law, outside the Knesset, on October 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 15, 2018, 9:57 pm
Druze resume protests against nation-state law as Knesset returns from break
Minority group says controversial legislation enshrines inequality in Israel; MK says law a ‘disgrace’ and ‘betrayal’ of the community
By Tamar Pileggi
IDF and UNDOF soldiers at the Quneitra Crossing between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights, as it reopens after four years, on October 15, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
October 15, 2018, 11:56 am
Border crossing between Israel and Syria opens for first time in 4 years
The passage is only used by UN observers, but it is hoped it will be used by Druze citizens in Israel to visit family in Syria and for the transfer of small amounts of goods
By Judah Ari Gross and Agencies
Members of the Druze community sit holding portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian national flags during a rally in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on October 6, 2018 commemorating the 45th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war (AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)
October 6, 2018, 10:47 pm
Golan Druze rally at border in support of Syria’s Assad
Dozens on Israeli side wave Syrian flags and chant support for dictator, hailing him for regaining control of most of Syria from IS and other rebel groups
By TOI staff
A Palestinian woman rides a donkey cart in front of closed shops during a general strike in Gaza City on October 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Said KHATIB)
October 2, 2018, 4:31 am
Palestinians, Israeli Arabs strike against Israel’s nation-state law
1,500 participate in central march in memory of 13 killed in clashes with police in October 2000
By TOI staff and Agencies
A Palestinian man walks past closed shops in the Old City of Hebron, due to a general strike in response to Israel's Nation State Law on October 1, 2018 (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
October 1, 2018, 10:10 am
Palestinians, Arab Israelis hold general protest strike over nation-state law
On anniversary of deadly 2000 riots, residents of West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem demonstrate in solidarity with Arab Israelis who say law turns them into second class citizens
By TOI staff and Agencies
People take part at a protest march against the proposed Nation-state Law in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 30, 2018, 10:39 pm
Palestinians to join Arab Israelis in protest strike over Nation State Law
Residents of West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem to demonstrate Monday in solidarity with Arab Israelis, who say legislation turns them into second class citizens
By TOI staff
September 7, 2018, 1:37 pm
In first since 2010, Israeli Druze leaders visit compatriots in Syria
‘We’re visiting our relatives and holy sites,’ says organizer of trip that violates Israel’s enemy states law. ‘I see nothing wrong with that’
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin visits students at the Religious school "Noam Eliyahu" in the southern Israeli city of Netivot, on the first day of school on September 2, 2018. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
September 6, 2018, 3:41 am
Israel’s president: Nation-state law is ‘bad for Israel and bad for the Jews’
Reuven Rivlin says controversial legislation is part of a global trend of deepening polarization, silencing of dissent
By TOI staff
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