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Daily Briefing: ISRAEL SENDS MESSAGE TO SYRIA RE: DRUZE

Explore Prints ✨ Get Pro Photos, people, or groups Log In Sign Up Israel_photo_gallery Israel_photo_gallery Follow Druze Woman baking a Pita_Itamar Grinberg_IMOT a Druze woman in a traditional garb baking the pitta, a flat bread typical of the region Photo taken by Itamar Grinberg for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested to the photographer and to the Ministry of Tourism.- SOURCE: Flickr
Explore Prints ✨ Get Pro Photos, people, or groups Log In Sign Up Israel_photo_gallery Israel_photo_gallery Follow Druze Woman baking a Pita_Itamar Grinberg_IMOT a Druze woman in a traditional garb baking the pitta, a flat bread typical of the region Photo taken by Itamar Grinberg for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested to the photographer and to the Ministry of Tourism.- SOURCE: Flickr

Deadly Attacks on Syria’s Small Druze Community Are Part of a Bigger Fight:  Sudarsan Raghavan and Suha Ma’ayeh, WSJ, May 2, 2025

A Look at the Druze Community as It Faces Existential Threat in Syria:   Ya Libnan, Yalibnan, May 5, 2025

Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination in Syria | Opinion:  Bradley Martin, Newsweek, Mar. 7, 2025

‘Hope We Remain in Touch Forever’: Druze MK Hamed Amar on Historic Visit from Syria’s Druze:  Chad Merlin, Jerusalem Post, Mar. 16, 2025

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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

‘Massacre of Druze in Syria is a Warning Sign for Israel,’ Druze Spiritual Leader Says:  JP Staff, Jerusalem Post, May 6, 2025 —  Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, warned on Monday that the massacre of Druze civilians in southern Syria should serve as a warning to Israel.

Meet Nora, a Druze woman from Daliyat el Carmel. She runs a kosher restaurant in her hometown, open to everyone in Israel. Nora chose to make it kosher so that religious Jews, including IDF soldiers, could eat there, creating a place where people from all backgrounds can come together. X, May 2, 2025

VIDEO: Israel Strikes Near Syrian Presidential Palace In ‘Message’ To Sharaa:  Gulf Today, May 2, 2025 — Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday in its clearest signal yet of hostility toward the Syrian authorities and a preparedness to ramp up military action in the name of Syria’s Druze minority.

Israel Sees Growing Threat in Islamists Trying to Unify Syria: Sudarsan Raghavan, Dov Lieber and Sua Ma’ayeh, WSJ, Mar. 4, 2025 — For two decades, Israel’s next-door neighbor was Bashar al-Assad, a hostile dictator who was weakened by Syria’s sectarian divisions. Now, Israel is trying to neutralize what security officials see as a threat: Turkish-backed Islamists trying to unify Syria.  

Syria’s Druze Call for International Protection. They No Longer Trust Sharaa:  Ya Libnan, May 6, 2025 — What happened in Jaramana and Ashrafieh in Sahnaya prompted the Druze of Sweida, led by Sheikh Hikmat al-Hajri, to declare that they no longer trust the leadership of Ahmad al-Sharaa and called for international protection in their areas.

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