{"id":16482,"date":"2025-04-25T09:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16482"},"modified":"2025-04-25T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:11:36","slug":"hundreds-of-syrian-druze-clerics-visit-israel-for-religious-pilgrimage-despite-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/25\/hundreds-of-syrian-druze-clerics-visit-israel-for-religious-pilgrimage-despite-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Syrian Druze Clerics Visit Israel for Religious Pilgrimage Despite Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Nearly 600 Druze religious leaders from Syria will travel to Israel on Friday to participate in a religious event, according to two local sources. This marks the second visit of its kind since last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1120\" data-end=\"1415\">The visit is part of a tradition more than 140 years old, in which Druze clerics from Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan travel to the shrine of Prophet Shu&#8217;ayb in the Galilee region between April 22 and 25 each year. Participation from all three countries diminished, particularly after the 1948 Nakba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1692\">Abu Yazan, the village elder of Hadar\u2014located in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights\u2014and a participant in the visit, said: \u201c400 clerics from Hadar and the city of Jaramana (a Damascus suburb) will head to Israel after receiving approval for their names from the Israeli side.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14283\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14283 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz.jpg\" alt=\"Druze clerics visit Israel\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syria Druze community<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1692\">Syrian Druze Clerics Enter Israel for One-Night Religious Visit via Golan Checkpoint<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1830\">The Israeli authorities will transport them by bus from a newly established checkpoint north of Hadar in Quneitra Governorate, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"2072\">According to the sources, more than 150 clerics from the southern Sweida province are also participating. The delegation reportedly notified the Syrian government of its intention to visit Israel but received neither approval nor objection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2074\" data-end=\"2414\">The clerics will stay for one night with Israeli permission. Abu Yazan explained, \u201cWe requested a week-long stay to visit the shrine and our fellow Druze, but the Israeli side only allowed one night under its supervision.\u201d He emphasized that the purpose of the visit is &#8220;strictly religious,&#8221; despite mounting criticism over repeated visits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2416\" data-end=\"2700\">The Suwayda 24 local news outlet reported that the visit was coordinated between Druze religious bodies in Syria and Israel. Druze authorities in the Galilee submitted the visitors&#8217; names to Israeli officials, who approved the Syrian delegation\u2019s entry and participation in the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"2844\">Druze communities are spread across Lebanon, Israel, the occupied Golan Heights, and Syria\u2014primarily in Sweida province, adjacent to Quneitra.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14774\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14774 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Druze religious pilgrimage\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-1-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-1.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nearly 600 Druze religious leaders from Syria will travel to Israel on Friday to participate in a religious event,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-66\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b7075d63-de43-49c2-893e-a0a61f16f91d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\">Syria\u2019s Druze Reject Israeli Warnings, Reaffirm Commitment to National Unity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2846\" data-end=\"3204\">Since Syria\u2019s war began in 2011, the Druze community has largely avoided direct involvement. Most did not take up arms against the regime, nor did they significantly join opposition forces, aside from a minority. Many young men avoided mandatory conscription, choosing instead to defend their local areas, and Damascus has largely turned a blind eye to this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3206\" data-end=\"3470\">Recent statements by Israeli officials stirred controversy in Syria. Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said early last month that \u201cif the regime harms the Druze, we will hurt it,\u201d following limited clashes in Jaramana, a town home to both Druze and Christians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3472\" data-end=\"3857\">Druze leaders and religious authorities in Syria firmly rejected Katz\u2019s comments, reaffirming their commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/13\/druze-minority-voices-concerns-over-new-syrian-administration\/\">Syria<\/a>\u2019s unity. Transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa echoed this sentiment, calling on the international community to pressure Israel to withdraw \u201cimmediately\u201d from recently advanced positions in southern Syria, following the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Nearly 600 Druze religious leaders from Syria will travel to Israel on Friday to participate in a religious event, according to two local sources. This marks the second visit of its kind since last month. 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