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- "Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort"
- "Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic"
- EVENT Israel Bonds Chicago with The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
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- "Those experiences gave Thomas the fortitude to do something truly courageous: risk her friendships, face her misconceptions, and change her mind"
- EVENT 2nd Annual Kosher Chicago BBQ Festival Competition to benefit Maot Chitim
- 6 European countries join forces to do business with Iran (and throw Israel under the bus)
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
Tag Archives: Druze
“The Druze stand for an alternative Syria that extremists cannot tolerate”
GATESTONE Syria: Al-Sharaa’s Campaign of Extermination against Druze, Minorities Uzay Bulut September 19, 2025 …The Jolani regime (HTS/al-Nusra) declares the Druze outside their narrow definition of Islam and frames its attacks on them as a jihad (holy war). The deeper … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Druze, Syria
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“The disclosure may be a trial balloon from the government, hoping to gauge how the Syrian public might react should an agreement with Israel materialize”
FDD For the First Time in 25 Years, Syria Acknowledges Direct Talks With Israel Ahmad Sharawi August 21, 2025 Israel and Syria are talking — and for once, no one is denying it. Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani met with … Continue reading
Greenfield: “This is the Islamic norm. And anywhere they take power, this is what will happen to non-Muslims. Let’s not let it happen to us”
GATESTONE World Condemns Israel for Preventing Al Qaeda Genocide of Druze Daniel Greenfield July 23, 2025 Recently Al Qaeda/ISIS took over Syria. This development was greeted with cheers from world leaders who had been working toward this very goal from … Continue reading
The Israeli strikes followed appeals from Druze leaders who accused the regime of waging “a war of extermination”
ALGEMEINER Netanyahu Defines Israel’s Policy in Syria as Demilitarization, Druze Protection Ailin Vilches Arguello July 17, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday outlined Israel’s two primary strategic goals in Syria as ensuring southern Syria is demilitarized and protecting … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Druze, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Jon Polin, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Syria
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“The Druze are the most loyal minority in the Middle East, and Israel is the country that protects them”
FUTURE OF JEWISH They chose Israel over the Arab world. Israel chose them back. Joshua Hoffman May 4, 2025 In a region often defined by sectarian strife, the relationship between the State of Israel and the Druze community stands as … Continue reading
“Netanyahu has spread Israel’s protective canopy over the Druze in the area in Syria near the border, called Jabal Druze”
JPOST Israel’s shield for Syria’s Druze and the regional shakeup no one expected Herb Keinon February 24, 2025 …While the Druze inside the 1967 lines are full citizens who fight for the country, those on the Golan – though offered … Continue reading
Druze history is “a part of the still highly disputed story of why so many Arabs left the war zone of the First Arab-Israeli War (AKA Israel’s War of Independence) in 1948”
FUTURE OF JEWISH The Big Druze News You Didn’t Hear About Sally Prag December 26, 2024 A few days ago, a number of Druze villages in the Syrian Golan Heights announced that they wanted Israel to annex the area of … Continue reading
“Druze are outspoken advocates of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state and proud Israeli citizens, boasting high rates of volunteering by men to serve in the IDF”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Anger and grief mix as Majdal Shams buries 10 children killed in rocket strike Canaa Lidor July 28, 2024 Seething anger and profound grief were on display at this Druze town on the Golan Heights, where thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Druze, Golan Heights, Hezbollah, Majdal Shams
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New Nation State Law’s “principal damage has been to stir up negative public discourse — in Israel and abroad”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Why this former Israeli military intelligence chief stands with the Druze by Amos Yadlin August 7, 2018 Israel’s new “nation-state” law, which is widely viewed here as clumsy, unnecessary and unwise, must be amended. That’s why I … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Druze, Isi Leibler, Nation-State Law
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“All this noise about the new nation-state law proves that the Jewish national identity is under attack”
ARUTZ SHEVA No Druze live better and freer than the Druze citizens of Israel by Atta Farhat August 3, 2018 There are no Druze in the world who can claim a better and freer life than the Druze citizens of … Continue reading