num_pages: 216
description: Providing a complete look into the main Druze faith, this book discusses the Druze moral logic of survival without the support of a sovereign state and the mutuality of co-operation with the Jews. This work shows how the Druze, who are the only minority to serve in the Israeli armed forces, and their political involvement within the Israeli state system allows them to influence government policy to secure the safety of their brothers in neighboring countries and mediate between conflicting ethnic groups. Chapters detail a wide range of Druze-related topics, including the issues of the Golan Druze, the 1982 Lebanon war, the perceived injustices within the Israeli democratic system, and the secret documentation relating to the “Transfer Plan”—a hitherto an unknown plan by Zionist leaders in 1937 to remove the Druze of Palestine to Syria by Jewish purchasing of Druze lands and property in Palestine.
language: English
title: Druze & Jews in Israel: A Shared Destiny?
titlecomplete: Druze & Jews in Israel: A Shared Destiny?
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Sussex Academic Press