Original sentence: A separate "Israeli Druze" identity was encouraged by the Israeli government who formally recognized the Druze religious community as independent of the Muslim religious community in Israeli law as early as 1957.Druze in Israel live mainly in the north, notably in Daliyat Al-Karmel near Haifa.So while the Druze population in Israel are Arabic speakers like their counterparts in Syria and Lebanon, they often consider themselves to form a distinct group, and many decline to define themselves as Arabs.The Druze of British Mandate Palestine showed little interest in Arab nationalism that was on the rise in the 20th century, and did not take part in the early Arab-Jewish skirmishes of the era either.Unlike most other Arab citizens of Israel, right-wing Israeli political parties have appealed to many Druze
Edited sentence: Israeli Druze mainly live in northern Israel, notably in Daliyat Al-Karmel near Haifa.Israeli Druze showed little interest in Arab nationalism that was on the rise in the 20th century, and did not take part in the early Arab-Jewish skirmishes of the era either.So while the Israeli Druze population are Arabic speakers like their counterparts in Syria and Lebanon, they often consider themselves to form a distinct group, and many decline to define themselves as Arabs.The separate Israeli Druze identity was encouraged by the Israeli government who formally recognized the Druze religious community as independent of the Muslim religious community in Israeli law early as 1957.Unlike most other Arab Israelis, right-wing Israeli political parties have appealed to many Druze