Washington Signals Thaw with Syria; Druze in Israel and Syria Sound the Alarm
“It all started with this audio clip—someone claimed it was a Druze sheikh insulting the Prophet Muhammad,” says Ghassan Hamed, a 23-year-old Druze student at...
Q&A | Rabbi Abraham Cooper to Visit Damascus as Trump Says He’ll Lift Sanctions on Syria
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Rev. Johnnie Moore, co-founder and president of the Congress of Christian Leaders, are planning...
What Should We Call the Golan Heights?
After ten months of clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, in which Israel has killed hundreds of Hezbollah militants and numerous senior Hezbollah commanders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the IDF’s response to Saturday’s attack “will come and it will be severe.”
Opinion | Israel’s Nation-State Law Is Not Just Bark
photo: Dafna Talmon
After the passage of Israel’s nation-state law, which anchors the Jewishness of the state in Israel’s “basic law” or constitution, the Israeli right...
An Interview With Sheik Mowafaq Tafik, Spiritual Leader of the Israeli Druze
The Druze religion has one million adherents, mainly in Syria and Lebanon. There are 140,000 in Israel, most of whom live in the north.