Israeli Druze: How do you define your identity?
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"Worked as a teacher for 31 years, and now I work for my wife" 🤣🤣
I love this guy
i loved that
Depending on the wife, it can be indeed
@@arie9123 every woman deserves this respect 🙌 and it all shines on how well he was raised as a real gentleman.
@@nadashaq1676 no,not every woman deserves respect
@@Србомбоница86
I agree
Palestinian: This is my land.
Israeli: No, this is my land.
Druze: what's up guys, nice day today. Well, seeya later, gotta go do Druze stuff, have a nice day.
There was NO country as Palestine. Arab Leader, Awni Abdul-Hadi told the PEEL COMMISSION in 1937. Palestine is ALLIEN to us. In 1946, Arab Historian, Philip Hitti testified that there is no such thing as Palestine in history. Not even from the BIBLE. Absolutely NOT.
@@samuuluinavucu1246 When Jews make a claim to it and it can historically be proven then majority "Palestinian" Arab-Muslims claim that its all of a sudden valid land/territory and it's theirs. Ridiculous.
@@buzztrucker No other land has the Jews claimed as for the promised land. Historical "Palestine" should be somewhere in SYRIA. Their claim would be valid land if they go there.
@@buzztrucker remember brotha "You can beat 30 smart people with 1 fact, But you can't beat 1 stupid person even with 30 facts"
You wanna prove? See +samu uluinavucu's comments😂
@@samuuluinavucu1246 there is no such a thing as "Israel"(country) in the bible as well😂 "Israel" in the bible isn't reffer to a country.
That would be ridiculous, if u think that your invasion towards palestinian are right because there is "israel" name in bible.
If u think so then perhaps tomorrow i will invasion your place with "israel" name, so it will be fine because there "israel" name xixixixi😂
As a Jewish Israeli, I love Druze people. Got to talk to them and discuss and even debate with them, they are great. Israel need them, and make Israel a better place.
Is there any Druze who support Palestine just asking because is heard of some?
@@goldball9916 Most of them support Israel more because in 48 Israel did not destroyed their villages and also cooperated with them
but some do support Palestine (2 state solution) and there are also some who support full Palestinian state
@@goldball9916 As a historian ..I can tell you this: Druze ALWAYS support $$$ and will ALWAYS fight the losing side .. They will fight Israel too!
Christians support Israel and American tax payers give Israel Billions…. Why are Christians spit on and treated terrible ??
Can you answer my question?
@@operacarmenאתה שקרן
Hello to Druze people from Armenia🇦🇲! This is very interesting video, thank you for this content. Druze people seem to be very nice, everyone is so kind and openhearted.
God bless you ❤️❤️
Yes, they look very gentle and peaceful. I really liked them
@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 thank you for your kind words :)
@@plants8564 I'm sorry to hear that :(. actually there are bad people every where, you're right.
@@plants8564 thank you 😊 and you seem a very understanding person to face such terrible treatment and endure it.. Yeah I agree 100% with you, in the Druze community itself there are youth and some war generation people who are affecting their kids in a bad way, and these youth are growing up religiously empty due to the secrecy of the Druze religion, unless they have seek help and enlightenment, this issue should be solved through social projects to separate the violent history from the today's peace where we can enjoy peace as long as we have it.
Haha so trippy to hear “ I have family in Syria...Lebanon...Israel....Oklahoma City”
That was funny. Now he just needs relatives in London & N.Y. and he will be in all the diverse areas!
Fine states. Even oklahoma.
The truth is that before the British and French colonialism in the Middle East, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine were called the Levant, but because of the Sykes and Picot Treaty, the Levant was divided into four countries, and then the Balfour Declaration that allowed the Jews to establish the state of Israel in Palestine.
As for the Druze religion, it appeared in Egypt during the Fatimid era, and it is a religion that deviated from Islam. However, the Druze migrated to the mountains of Syria, and most of the Druze had their true origins returning to Egypt.
Syria has many sects and religions, such as Christians and Jews - but they were displaced to palestine after the establishment of the State of Israel - and the Druze, Yazidis, Alawites and Muslims.
Sunni Muslims represent 75% of Syria.
They should have included the Jewish ancestral home of New York
@@chugalongway01 the reason Oklahoma City is so funny is because it’s just some random city in the middle of America
I'm a 25 y-o Israeli who served in the IDF with many druze (about 40% of the unit were druze). All great people. Everyone has a lot to learn from the way they educate their kids.
Yes, they are fine
I once heard of one Druze who didn't want to serve in the IDF, he said
"I might get arrested but I'm not gone aim a weapon at my people" meaning the palestnians so such Druze exist?
@@goldball9916
I'm sure there even more than one who did and said that. There are also jews who said and did that.
They backst..ed Arabs ..and year 2034 they will backsta.. u 2, hoping Arabs will forgive them! But Arabs won't forget!
They educate them like the Jews do by wanting them to start reading at a very young age. Maybe we should all think about that
As an Israeli (and Jewish) I have lots of love and respect to my Druze brothers!!! I'm proud and happy that they are a part of Israel!!
No some of the Druze live in Israel we aren’t Israeli so don’t say we are part of Israel as most of us live outside of Israel in Syria and Lebanon
Kol khara
He’s saying the Israeli ones only.
@@Unknown-bb4rj some of them are exposed to Islamic propaganda about Israel their entire lives. But maybe you should listen to the ones that live in israel.
Well, if that’s the case, then why deny them permits to build in their towns and treat them like garbage?
ℹ️ As a Druze I explain why you hear different answers from every Druze!
Druze are Semite people that origin from the middle East with some saying that they have roots as Caucasian or Egyptian or northern Arabic... after living in this region for way more than a thousand year... we developed our own ethno-religious group... Now we are only Druze... but we are similar to all middle Easterners and Semitic people.
We don't know which language our ancestors used to speak before the Muslim conquests (most likely Semitic).. but we speak Arabic since then and since we live all in the middle east.. we also got simmalr culture and traditions.. tho still different.
Cuz of this long time speaking Arabic and surround with Arabs and possible Arab origins... some start to identify as Arab whereas some other just don't!
(today being Arab tends to mean you speak Arabic and not being ethnically Arab... as a Tunisian Berber might also say he/she is Arab )
Many Druze say we passed through a lot of religion and so for example we were Jews.. Christian... Muslims.. Shia.. and other philosophical ideologies until we figured out our own thing (a mixture of all.. cuz all religions lead to one thing theoretically)...
Islam being the last religion we left... some still like to identify as Muslims.. (tho we interpret the Quran very differently!... we do nothing like Muslims) and some like to do so to avoid hostile environment from other extremist Muslims! Most Druze when asked privately (no pressure or possible consequences) would say they are only Druze.. no Muslims
I myself feel comfortable entering a church a synagogue or a mosque (tho not my favourite cuz honestly some/many Muslims wouldn't be pleased to hear that I'm a Druze) ...
So I'm just a Druze who accepts all religions and read all books and try to learn and respect everybody although we have our own principals and so on...
DRUZE are great Nationalists and Patriots! so Syrian Druze would identify as such just like Lebanese, Jordanian, Israelis, Canadians, American, German and so on... they are so loyal that they would argue among each other just because of that.. (stupid right! lol ) for example a Syrian Druze would argue with an Israeli Druze about which country is better or right or wrong ...
so it only takes some time for a Druze to integrate within a country and start to identify as such... (similar to Jews in Europe in the past)...
hope this has explained why Druze answers can be so different
love and peace
People should read your comment to understand, you explained exactly how it all happened :D
I love your comment and explanation ❤️
your food is great
Although technically not Druze my myself I like to think I’m one, since my grandfather married a Christian, “ending” the pure Druze lineage . Thank you for the insight!
Interesting
these answers arent exceptions mind you, this is how every single druze person i met feels.
they are stateless people, they dont care who rules them, they just want to live in peace and be loyal to whoever as long as they get to live a normal happy life.
love these people.
How can they feel stateless?
The first problem is that they don’t identify for the most part as Arabs when they clearly are all ethnically Arabs. Then they are Israeli by nationality. Either they are very select with their answers which causes them to stumble due to their ingrained ideas of secrecy which even them to lie even (called taqiya - all secretive groups are known to do this) or they feel they have political reasons to only stick to the mantra that they are Israeli which is also correct as they are all carrying Israeli nationality. But to call themselves Druze what does that even mean? As most of them admit hardly anyone except their secret leadership knows anything about the religion. It’s a belief in what exactly for them? A belief that doesn’t shape, govern their life at all can hardly be a way of life you are following them? It’s a name without meaning only. The only real impact of carrying this title is that it has slowly restricted the gene pool over a millennia. At least the Jewish Samaritans have a distinct theology. They too are having to marry non Samaritans now if they are to survive as a group.
afga
Otherwise they would do what is the question. Israel is a Great free Country teaching tolerance. Wondering about if Lebanese Druze are antisemitic like many Lebanese.
Yes we hate Israel because many of us were killed by you guys but we don’t hate Jews and don’t support hezbollah
@@winternowwwלא.
When I was in Israel I loved talking to and meeting the Druze. They have a good sense of humour and a good energy about them, peaceful.
@@yanosful this from a Muslim...
@@lsjt8924 I define myself as an arab. muslim aggressiveness is cute compared to druze
@@yanosful you mean how the tribes in the gulf they were doing before Islam? You are a shining example of everything not only the other religions don't want but also the Islam itself, because if a good Muslim heard you he'll see the hatred and lack of intelligence in your talks.
I love Druze. They seem to love and respect whichever country they live in including Israel. I feel a sense of peace listening and reading them talk.💝
thank you so much for these words ^_^
@@touficjammoul4482I meant every word. You're the ideal group of people that any country would want💝. You integrate into society instead of fighting or rebelling against everything. I love you all.🤗
@@manishas9411 you are amazing for such beautiful words.
God bless 💖
@@cosmicfive852 In love with the Druze people😘. I'm being honest.
@@manishas9411 Are for real!!!
I’m Druze Israeli and I feel most connected to the great Jewish people 💙
Hey we love druze here in israel everytime me and my dad go up north we always stoo for a druze pita, one of the most delicious things in the world!
@@mrt7333 I want a Druze pita & beverage. I probably will never have one in the U.S. :(
Unfortunately they don’t feel the same towards you because الي بنيكم والي بحبكم واحد
@@AHMADBADER003 stfu
@@AHMADBADER003 crawl quickly back under your rock, but quickly
All Israelis love Druze, I have never met before a single Israeli who had anything bad to say about Druze, every single interaction I’ve had with Druze have been behind positive. They taught me how to speak Arabic and the way they speak is so beautiful I love it
איזה אנשים נפלאים, איזה ברכה וכבוד שיש לנו שאתם חלק מאיתנו ❤❤❤
They love to be a second class ... so lovely ... and i love comedy and comics ...🤪🤪🤪
Y u killed innocent people and also children of palestine
@@liyumarketshoppingIn democracy there is no second class everyone is equal...
@@yakov95000so then Israel is not a democracy. At least, not for all.
@@n.i.114 Why?
As an elderly male tourist from New Zealand in 2017, I did not even know they existed. In a very crowded bus in Galilee I got sat down next to a Druze girl about 17 who spoke excellent English. What a credit to her people she was. Highly educated and with a great outlook on life, she loved being an Israeli Druze. Another fascinating facet about Israel. Dear Lord, it is an amazing country.
So happy to hear you enjoyed our country , may you have wonderfull memorries where ever you reach 🙏🏼
@@Seandaguy thank you. If aeroplanes ever fly again, I will be back, Lord willing! 17000 kms is a bit far to walk and swim at 77 😊.
This amazing country has to change its laws. Before 1948 when people lived under Palestine, it wasn’t a muslim, Christian or Jews country. It was all people’s country. so now seeing these amazing different people from every religion living under a Jewish state makes me feel sick. like why Jewish state? Why it isn’t all people’s state??
@@user-db7dg9vc9z Palestine was created as the territory designated for the reconstitution of the Jewish homeland. A temporary custodianship (Mandate) was awarded to the British by the Leage of Nations (precursor to the UN) with the express purpose of facilitating the restoration of a "Jewish national home". Palestine was not a country at that time and it was governed by the British, before that by the Ottoman Empire. Being a Jewish state doesn't mean that only Jews can live there, just as you have plenty of nation states around the world with significant ethnic minorities. On the other hand, an Arab Palestinian state will most definitely prevent and Jews from living in the area, although there is no reason it should.
@@ilaibavati6941
Israel is a Jewish Zionist country which was established by Jews who believe that they’re gods chosen people and this land was given to them by god, so how would they accept other people wether they are muslims, Christians or Druze to live with them? One state with no religion is the perfect solution just like what Palestine used to be.
I am an Israeli Jew, and I love the Druze faith and its people so much.
Respect from a Druze 🙏❤️
You have no idea of the faith. What are you talking about?! You may like them as a people but not their religion.
@@Lagolop
There’s nothing wrong with what she’s saying my friend.
Most people know the Basic’s of the Druze faith..
The sons of the Abrahamic faith
God bless her 🙏🙏
@@markmcelroy1872
I love that 🙏🙏
@@biblicalones4623 I'm not so sure. Apparently even the Druze do not alway know.
This video is a long time coming Corey, Thanks.
The Druze community deserves to be recognized for their contributions to Israeli society, security and for their unique culture/ religion.
@Yod Gigi
It's new to me, G.
I like people who are in-between because I am in-between as well. Not wanting to belong to this or that makes you a peacekeeper and not an extremist.
Thanks for the info, G.
they have a big reputation in Israel
Many people aren't aware of all the ethnicities of Israel.
The Druze community is best known I think.
Religion of druze seems friendly enough to interview. Smart guy, he says he work for his wife 🤣
They all seem exceptionally nice.
@Yod Gigi lol that's a good one. Greetz from Germany
@Yod Gigi lol that's my dad 😂😂❤
@@Larrypint How have you been Larry?
that's a phrase that's easily misunderstood.
I think that he meant it in one of 2 ways:
1. a "dry" technical way: I'm married, hence I "work" for my wife. cut and dry, no emotions attached, just an objective description of reality. in the same way that if you volunteer you can say that you "work with no pay".
2. in Druze society, men and women are equal (not just legally, cut also in terms of societal norms).
for a Druze man it's considered a great honor to "work" for your wife, take care of her, make her happy, split the housework with her etc.
they absolutely do not believe that the wife should be beneath the husband in any way shape or form (and of course, vice versa).
I think that option 1 is more probable, but if it was option 2, then he basically meant the opposite of what it means in the west. the opposite of "the old ball and chain"
Love the Druze
Good upbringing and education and most loyal people I ever got to know
❤️🇮🇱
God bless you ❤️❤️
Only got to interact with them during my military service - since they live in northern Israel, and I can say that they're fine people.
Maybe when the weather gets a bit hotter I'll take a ride to Daliat El-Carmel and buy me some proper Labneh, before the rain comes.
We're blessed to have such diversity in our country.
Amen brother 💛❤️
@@rh78njit love you and God bless
I am a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon (originally from a small village North of 3akeh). Maybe one day we can come back home and share the land together in Peace.
@@evasive81 , You're not a refugee, you were born in Lebanon, so that makes you a Lebanese citizen! Enough with the "refugee" lies!
@@GPBKM I wish! Lebanon doesn't grant citizenship to Palestinians born on her soil... Please do some research!
Wow from this video I figured out why Farid Al-Atrash(Druze will known musician) never got married and he was always falling in love with Egyptian women but couldn't marry one because of the 'Family rules".
Never knew that. Googled his name. Very good music. Thank you.
His sister Asmahan did though. And there's Fahd Ballan who is also a Druze singer and he married with Muslim and Christian women.
Farid Alatrash never was faithful to one woman, and he despised unfaithful marriage so he didn't marry at all.
@@Azr721 if a druze guy marry a women from anther religon only in one term he will no longer be idenfit a druze
All Druze are from Egypt I think originally.
💙💙💙 Shalom and Shavuah Tov to all Am Yisroel wherever you may be. 💙💙💙
To the Druze community of Israel: Thank you for your commitment to the state of Israel.
"The Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps " Psalms 121:4
The same place he is now. Blessing the reclamation of the land of Israel and welcoming his people Israel home
Ilan Pappe is a debunked historian and a disgrace to the Jewish people
Unstoppable war? Your post is unclear. What a surprise
Non ending conflict? In the Jewish tradition, this will be a period of darkness, to be followed by renewal and peace.
Even Benny Morris called him the worst historian in Israeli history.
Love and Protect the Druze
Druz people are so nice happy to have you in my country
to say "im happy to have them in my country" is wrong!
its their country too!
israeli jew speaking, their is no diffrence for me from an jew or druze we are both israelis and we are brothers!
@@bfgfzxbgzzzbh you right
@@bfgfzxbgzzzbh 7abibi ya zohar...btefham! Salam
@@bfgfzxbgzzzbh well, in english, if you live in a country you can say "this is my country". It doesn't mean that druze are not Israelis.
ur country lol
Druze are great people. They consider Jethro as their ancestor
Much respect to the Druze people. From a Jewish Australian
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@Nick P ok american. thanks for ur opinion
@Nick P wrong informations ... syrian druze refused to join syrian army and druze never fight each other
@Nick P German christians fought other European christians, I do not understand you moral judgment.
This is what we want to see Corey, Israel isn’t all Jewish and Palestine isn’t all Muslim, love to hear from the lesser known peoples.
No, the Palestinian territories are 99% Muslim.
@@kassidymiller3223 even if that was true that still means it isn’t all Muslim...
Only a idiot would call Palestine a Jewish or Muslim states. Nation states are not created for a religious group but for the people who are citizens.The Zios are stupid and think they can create pa Jewish State. Israel is not Jewish by ethnicity, culture or by nationality. Israel is only a Jewish in the same way that South Africa was white, by supremacy. That is why the Zios need guns and heaps of ammo .
@@kassidymiller3223 Are you stupid? That’s not true.
@@zkatom3773 The latest census (2017) counted 46,850 Christians and 4,615,683 Muslims in the West Bank and Gaza strip. You're welcome to do the math yourself.
Watching these interviews really moved me. What a wonderful group of people!
Very proud to be Druze !!
The comments speak for themselves..
Respect to all those who have left a positive comment regarding the Druze.
Amen and bless you all.
Great video 🙏🙏
Proud of what ?
Our history !!
We made history in the levant.
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and even in Israel
@@biblicalones4623 do you still worshipping cows?
Hahahaha Hahahaha
That’s only a myth ya Omar
You funny man, where are you from Omar
@@biblicalones4623 you have secret religion man we all want to know
1) Druze are a Ethno-Religous group, so they are their own ethnic group and religion at the same time and they do not allow converts. So how they identify beyond Druze depends on many factors. 2) in Surveys in Israel of the non-post 67 Golan Druze they Identify as Israeli more than arab by over 90%, 97% of men serve in the IDF, and those pre-1967 druze fought for Israel in 1948 and have the famous "Pact of Blood" with Israel after its independence. The Druze who came under Israel post 1967 have a more complex identity which seems to be most of what we see here.
Israeli is a nationality and Arab is an ethnic and cultural belonging, so it's not the same. A Druze is an Arab, whether Israeli, Lebanese or Syrian.
@@menolarose no they said they are not arab a lot of Jew use to leave in arab country they are Jewish no arab even if they speak Arabic .
@@sylviasolomon2241 Jews in Arab countries had their own languages (Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Berber, Judeo-Yemeni, etc.) but Druze have the same mother tongue as Sunni, Shiite or Christian Arabs.
Basically the Druze religion was founded in Egypt and comes from Shia Islam. They are as much Arabs as the others, it's just that they are neither Muslims nor Christians.
@@menolarose Salvation* can be found in no other name under Heaven other than THE NAME of Jesus THE CHRIST/BSHEM *YESHUA* HA MASHIACH. for HE alone IS THE ONLY WAY THE ONLY TRUTH and THE ONLY WAY to Eternal life and no one gets to HASHEM/GOD ecept through HIM. so i only ask all who are here if not already to please choose this day to trust in YESHUA HA MASHIACH that HE died in your place to make atonement for your sins that was seperating you from GOD so that by believing this and trusting in HIM that HE rose from the grave that you too by believing in HIM will one day rise from the dead and have eternal life and be saved from The Terrifying Wrath of HASHEM that is to come to all who reject YESHUA as THE MESSIAH of Israel and SAVIOR of The Whole World that HE rightly, truly IS. i ask please do this so that even today will be your *Day of Salvation*
They are arabs for sure, just not palestinians, they need to stop denying their ethnicity, and check history.
Thank you druzim we appreciated you for intrubit to Israel may HaShem blessed you amen.
Thank you 🙏
Wtf 😂
@A M can you please explain the meaning?
@@Scranny "may god bless them"
@@sarrabou9429 wat??
תודה רבה למתראיינים הדרוזים, על הכנות ועל הערכים שאתם מדברים עליהם. תודה מרמת גן :)
What
תודה לך אחינו
הדרוזים והיהודים אחים ובעזרת ה׳ נמשיך בשיתוף הפעולה האדיר שהקמנו ביחד מאז קום המדינה לנצח ❤️
@@daniel4509 אין כמוכם
אוהבים אתכם בני מערוף 💖💖
@@Gerzsilah use google translate
Wow!! I’m in love with these people! Each time I learn more about them, I am more astounded. I’m so grateful to have them as fellow citizens and friends! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Had many Druze friends, loved all of them, bless them all!
I love them, the people, the women, the girls, the men. The Druze are great loyal people. May you be blessed & flourish.
Big shout out to all my druze brothers and sisters ❤️❤️
During the Second Intifada, a photograph by the Associated Press wrongly identified an American Jew, Tuvia Grossman, as a Palestinian after he was beaten by an Arab mob and the New York Times wrongly wrote in the caption of the photo that an Israeli police officer was beating him. In fact, the policeman was an Israeli Druze named Gideon Tzefadi who saved Tuvia from being beaten to death by the Palestinian mob.
The druze are a great example of how a minority integrate with different society such as the Israelis.
By the way: I adore the druze! ❤️
It was a interesting video. Do you know what happens if a druze woman decides that she wants to carry a non druze person?
@@Larrypint for what I know is basicly you stop being a religious druze, meaning they don't offer you more knolege within the faith. But besides that it's like personal choice. The child is considered non druze, but again no major consequences. I think in turkey some within the comunity have already maried and made a life outside the faith. But again they secretive and hard to keep track.
@@puraLusa OK, thats interesting but also a little racist by todays standards, but that's the same for orthodox jewish tradition and some kind of natural.
So it's not like in orthodox Muslim families included "honourkillings"?
@@Larrypint Is it racist to stand against fascism ideas? I thought racism was to aprove laws where you discriminate against fisical natural characteristics of humans by describing a race or whatever (invented things). But again that racist card is used nowadays that everything and everyone is one. 🤷♀️
@@Larrypint Salvation* can be found in no other name under Heaven other than THE NAME of Jesus THE CHRIST/BSHEM *YESHUA* HA MASHIACH. for HE alone IS THE ONLY WAY THE ONLY TRUTH and THE ONLY WAY to Eternal life and no one gets to HASHEM/GOD ecept through HIM. so i only ask all who are here if not already to please choose this day to trust in YESHUA HA MASHIACH that HE died in your place to make atonement for your sins that was seperating you from GOD so that by believing this and trusting in HIM that HE rose from the grave that you too by believing in HIM will one day rise from the dead and have eternal life and be saved from The Terrifying Wrath of HASHEM that is to come to all who reject YESHUA as THE MESSIAH of Israel and SAVIOR of The Whole World that HE rightly, truly IS. i ask please do this so that even today will be your *Day of Salvation*
I live in Israel and I can say the israelis love druzes people, we see them here as our brothers and sisters.
I actually was in a druze house in Osafia with my class when I was in high school and had one of the best meals in my life and the family was so nice to us!!
You all should visit druze villages when you come to Israel.
What about Israel Christians?
Very nice and friendly people. It was fain to hear their opinions. Peace for everyone from Czech Republic.
I have nothing but outmost respect for the Israeli Druze!
What a peaceful religion, much love to Druze people
They are not, you can ask the Christians of Syria the harrowing atrocities they experienced during the Druze revolt during the 19th century.
@abdibgm5p748 bruh
@@abdibgm5748Actually christians and us druze in syria are brothers and we respect eachother. in the past wars happened all the time even christians did bad things.
Druzes are the wonderful folk. Every time I meet them I have a lovely energy and sweet feelings.
This video is truly amazing, I already knew about the Druze as being one of the most peaceful people on the planet and this video has more than cemented this perception and I am literally blown away with how down to earth and humble all of them are.
The two older gentlemen are also exceptionally experienced in all things and I think if you would make a video of speaking to either of them for hours on end that people would love to watch it, heck, I certainly would, what the second gentleman explained about the treatment of the Druze by Islamic law really struck me and it pissed me off that such role model citizens can be treated in such an inhumane manner just because they believe something different? I as a Christian could only dream of being such a well rounded and wholesome man so it is beyond me why anybody would wish these people any harm really.
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exactly man! they were amazing!
Зато што не припадају ничему па штрче ,то је нормално
If so why they rebelled against Ottoman Empire many many times?
@@ozanbayrak562I think Ottomans put them in charge of security and they fought Christians many times!
It really feels like the Druzes are above the differences. Great people.
above the differences but would not marry to anyone not from their own
@@sir_humpy At least they are loyal to the country they are in. They obey the law of their country. They don't try to make their home country live like them
The women at 2:37 seems like the warmest person. Her views and outlooks are so refreshing.
I agree. Her personality even shines through the language barrier.
I thought she looked like a church nun
This is really fascinating. I knew about the Druze, but this may be my first time hearing from them about their opinions regarding various topics.
"Today I work for my wife", don't we all.
You work only for your wife....hahas how many time a day ? Never get tired?
I met an amazing Druze who was my best friend during the military.
May God bless them .Good and wise people.
תודה מכל הלב נשמה אין עליכם בעולם ❤️
@@daniel4509 אוהב בטירוף תודה רבה על הכל
I found this to be one of your most interesting vids, Corey. Amazing work.
Us Jews love the Druze so much 🕎❤️🇮🇱 they are the decedents of "Yitro" (Jethro), Moshe (Moses) married his daughter Tzipora, due to that Jews and Druze share extremely similar DNA, religion, geography and ideals. They are our cousins quite literally.
Absolutely and Amen 🙏🙏
Same could be said about Arabs and Samaritans. Yet some Israelis like to mistreat their cousins, the Arab Palestinians.
@@esahm373 because of hostilities
@@esahm373 Don't treat our corrupt government's actions as our beliefs. Same can be said for Palestine. Many government officials there have said they would genocide the jews if they had the power. I love all muslims and Palestinians, and i know many of them think the same way about us jews.
Why do you need to share DNA? I understand wanting people with similar values and culture but who cares about DNA.
I’m lebanese druze and here if you ask them if they are arab 99% will say yes. On that question it’s more of a country type of thing rather than religious.
Yeah i feel like its cuz here we serve in the idf, and the rest of arabs dont, so naturally we would get further from arabs and get closer to jews, also many arabs dont like israel but we do, almost all of us(we dont hate either of them) just saying why we stopped considering ourselves arabs, its just a cultural difference
So who ever throws the bread you kiss their feet?
@@agilenjeyamraj1739 first of all, serving in the army is mandatory for us, we will go to jaill if we dont like any other jew, second of all, we dont bow to anyone (come say this here in a druze village to someone and pray you get out not broken to pieccs), we love respect, and we respect jews, we serve them and they serve us, its called respect, here in the middle east respect is extinct, no country has respect anymore, except israel, i always get thanked by jews just because im druze,. maybe you should try and build some respect, so you can understand what im saying
@@damer3016 hey im a syrian druze. actually i have many questions. muslims really hate us bc they associate druze with zionists. what do you think of that? what do you think about palestine? before israel was established, druze in the area considered themselves palestinians
@@ilovecatsandsoup before israel was established the term "palestinians" didn't exist. Only in the 1960's arabs in the land started referring themselves as palestinians.
The Druze are such a beautiful, peace loving people. Much love from Australia!
Thanks Gav
Do you know any Druze in Australia..
Cheers mate 👍👍
Most of them are hypocrites tbh if they were in America they would’ve supported trump
@@tymaa9349 idiot abroad
Druze are definitely not loving people
@@donnyjoe123
Don't waste your time
These people are our brothers.
Long live the Druze and Jews.
i lovw how israel is so diverse. its like the cradle of the jewish culture but its open for different people. not like how the westerners think israel is....
Israel is a unique country.
Most westerners actually view Israel as a western democracy.
@@erickturck4229
Kiljoy
Until you enter the West Bank -- or worse, the Gaza Strip.
Yeah isreal is unique and i wonder why ppl imagine middle eastrens as terrorist dosnt make sense
we appreciat our druze brothers, very peacful and loyal religion.
Best warriors you will ever see.
Amen ❤️❤️
Love from the druze of Lebanon 🇱🇧❤
We are only your brothers in wars, only brothers because we are stupid enough to make our men die for Jewish nationalistic cause not related to us at all but this same cause goes against us and stole our land.. we are forced to serve in the army by mandatory conscription law that is applied on every 18 year old Israeli.
Beit jann a “Druze” village in Israel had 45,000 acres registered land in 1948 and now it’s 9,000 dunams after Jews confiscated the lands to make a room for Jewish settlements... The government is still trying steal what’s left of our lands. Ah tell me more about “Brotherhood”... only Foreigners who read your comment can believe it.
What a strange comment: “...very peaceful” and “Best warriors” are the opposite of one another.
@@akirahojo2 all israeli are peaceful until rockets are fired by terrorist
This was a very interesting video. Happy to learn so much about Druze community and religion:)
Druze people seem great! Cheers from Poland
Thanks bro 🌹
@@daniel4509 thank you :)
I'm an arab and I think that the israeli people seem to be very interesting people regardless of their ethno-religious group. I would like to have an israeli friend
Where are you from?
I'm English and I'd like to have an Israeli friend to practice my Hebrew.
שלום
@@albertnickol1751 Tunisia
@@footballtv5376 You are welcome to post on my channel anytime!
The Druze are interesting. If you watch anything in Arabic about them from Syria or Lebanon, they always emphasize that they are Arabs and Muslims. Then the ones in Israel are the opposite. The Syrian Druze guy here in the Golan Heights was kind of a middle ground between these two positions.
It’s taqiya perhaps it exists in shia Islam to protect you from persecution
@@sumerianking4942 no they are not Shia muslims but a minority say they are Muslim but even in Syria and Lebanon a majority say they are not Muslim but almost all say they are Arab and in Israel itself between 70 to 80 percent say they are Arab the only reason some of them say they aren't because this was official state policy to separate them from the rest of Israel's arabs
@@socialisthussain2905 There root was from Shia Islam but they no longer consider as Muslim today because their later theology differs from mainstream islam... Even the founder of Druze was a shia ismaili muslim....
Because they’re afraid of persecution
yup, I can answer you, Ethnicity : Arabic origins , Religion: stemmed from Al-fatemeyeen (Shiaa),, but they have their own interpretations of Al-Quran and holy Bible and the holy Torah, after 100 years of (Al-Hakim b amr allah) death, the cause of the religion who was close to all religions as a Muslim Khalifat the religious book of Druz born = Wisdom Book (Al-Hekma) and started whole new way of life, reaching for Prosperity, day to day good treatment and faith in God and all the Prophets since Ibrahim till Mohammad, focusing on the loyalty no matter what, separate religion from politics in the core of the faith, despite in Lebanon it's a different story after the 1975 civil war, they barry the body as Islam directly in the soil, some other communities in Lebanon and some in Syria barrey as christians. becuase in either way God won't be Mad becase both are right :) but dependds on the community they are in. btw I'm a Durze that's why I thought I can answer you hope this is enough ligitemization. ^_^
I love this video! It shows the diversity and reality of what Israel is! The media always victimizing a group! Druze have adapted to each country where they go!
So have the Jewish people adapted wherever they lived/live.
@@Lagolop they adapted so well when they came to palestine
@@user-kg7zr3yl3n ikr
@@user-kg7zr3yl3n Who adapted so well?
@@Lagolop use your superior askhenazim intellect to figure that out
This video was really eye opening in order to understand who they are and what they identify as. Basically they identify themselves as a religious, separate ethnicity, they take the nationality of whatever country they're in as long as they let them live free.
As some decided in purpose to confuse ethnicity, language and religion, every one in the middle east can choose the best criteria to get advantages depending on the situation.
In practice, Druze have a clear distinction between ethnicity and religion despite nearly uniquely close relationship between them by being exclusive to one another and closed to outsiders. Jews are a unique case where religion and ethnicity are intertwined in a co-deepened relationship. 2 cases of small minorities can hardly be called "everyone in the middle east".
And religion-language relations aren't a unique case either, as Europe had several wars over the idea of translating the bible to any language that's not Latin.
@@Born_Yashish
In that case, how can you explain a Jewish can be black, white, brown Arabs,...
What about a convert? Does he change his ethnicity just because he has adopted Judaism ?
@@maxbe2702
This is exactly what I meant by Jews being a unique case. Druze have similar system, but simpler and its closed; you can only be born ethnically Druze to Druze parents and only ethnic Druze can practice Druze religion.
With Jews, you can be born ethnically Jewish to Jewish parents, which allows to practice Jewish religion. Being a semi-open system, a non-ethnically Jewish person can practice Jewish religion, but that requires the person to denounce his birth culture and devote himself to Judaism both religiously and culturally, at this point, the person is accepted as ethnically converted Jew and the children of that person will be considered ethnically Jewish.
I don't think anyone purposely confused it for everyone, rather these are labels that are a result of Western ways of knowing.
People didn't naturally split their identity into boxes of "religion", "ethnicity", and "language" before the colonial era.
It must be acknowledged that people do confuse them in order to justify oppressing people, but I think the issue is the oppression not the identity.
Thank you. I don't think the ones that need to understand your comment will be able to tho.
Very sad to see that most of the Druze haters are jealous Muslims..
Maybe if they learn from us Druze, other people around the world would show more respect to them.
Pay no attention to them
They can only dream of being like the druze 👍❤️❤️
You are a liar. You must be a Zio ...... so you hate everybody and everything that is not Jewish
100 % correct
@@Linda43 🙏❤️🙏
I live in Zfat and we have many Druze in the area.
They are respected and loved .
The Druzes seem to be a very fluid group, they can adapted in anyplace without losing their own identity. They embrace being Israeli as much as being Druze, I think that's why they are also easily accepted within the community, without any major conflict.
pretty much, I have relatives in multiple places in the world, some of them serves in the US military, some serves in the Syrian military, and both are my relatives. becuase what counts to Druze is the land and loyalty, and prosparety more than political ambitions, I came from a very quite peaceful Druze village in Lebanon, where you don't realy care about what is the next law more than what you care about your neighbour and yourself prosparity, but of course this might differ slightly depends on surrounding.
yes yes and zionists (and all oppressors and agressors generally ) love such submissive people. Fortunatly we arabs/muslims are very different. And we dont trust them at all .
Druze in Syria and the Golan are extremely patriotic Syrians. It seems Druze are always patriotic to the state they belong to.
But the Druze in Syria have a national connection to Syria as they are ethnic Syrians so they love their country by their natural instinct similar to a french person who always supports the Frensh football team.
Israeli Druze aren’t the same as they don’t have a national connection to Israel!!! Israel is a Jewish state that was created to be a safe heaven for Jews and the Druze aren’t Jewish... The flag of Israel is a Jewish flag representing the Jewish people, the national anthem is about Jewish Zionist dream, the goals of the IDF are Jewish... so they have no national connection to Israel at all
My favorite part of this channel is that it really shows how rich the culture in Israel is ... something that I wasn’t aware of .... and though I am sad that we can clearly see that many Israelis struggle with their complex identities ... I hope Israel takes a page from America that perfected the art of being American and not having that conflict with any other complex identity one might have ....
With all the BLM protests going on, can you really say the US doesn't have problems with identities?
You see with this mixture of culture and religions, they still want to establish a Jewish country, that’s why many people want to take over Israel and make it Palestinian again so all people from all cultures and religions can live under a normal state like Palestine not Jewish state like Israel.
@@user-db7dg9vc9z Palestine was never a country, so it can't "be Palestine again". When we gave them independence in Gaza, everyone except Muslims were kicked out. When the Jordanians conquered east Jerusalem in 1948, all the Jews were kicked out. What are you even talking about?
@@user-db7dg9vc9z a Jewish state is necessary, we were kicked out, murdered and harassed in so many countries, that is why Israel exists... To have a place where Jews can live as Jews, without discrimination and hatred towards them, moreover, to have a country which protects them.
that is why Israel exist and will continue to exist... We will not give up on our right to have it.
But of course, according to our declaration of independence, it must be democratic and give the proper respect to all religions and cultures it contains.
Actually the whole levant is rich culturally not only Isreal, for example Lebanon has 18 sectarians and Syria 22 sectarians and 3 ethnicities. The levant region is quite diverse.
Absolutely the best People. Loved by all Israelis, as they are true Israelis. True Brothers.
The Israeli Druze are just a group of traitors who are sycophants for the Jews, they forget that their brothers in Lebanon and Syria are the eternal enemies of the Zionists!
Just to add a bit of color. As someone of Lebanese Druze descent, Lebanese and Syrian Druze generally feel differently. Druze are always for Druze #1. However Non Israeli Druze do in general identify as Arabs, just like Maronites or Melkites do. I do realize this channel is about Israel, but I wanted to make sure outsiders know that Druze are not exclusive to Israel.
While Lebanese and Syrian Druze are less hostile to Israel than many Arab muslims, they generally view Israel as an aggressor country. I'm not taking a stand on the issue, thats just how most of Lebanese and Syrian Druze communities feel.
I love this channel and appreciate all the work Corey does, but I felt the need to add this context.
The one thing that binds Druze is they will always protect each other. I dont feel thats right (I am a secular atheist, but my poor parents insist I have been reincarnated, they mostlt chill about it though) but it is unique. You may have very different political feelings, national loyalties, but if you need refuge, even if you are some Australian surfer dude with druze parents, you go to any Druze settlement give your family name and the village. If that checks out they will take you in, almost regardless of what youve done.
Its like a get out of jail free card. Although the dressing down you get from the shaykh may be worse than prison.
Druze are great people everyone in Israel likes them
Buddhists Jains Taoists and Shintos are great people, the world should abolish ANY kind of Monotheism altogether it's brought only harm, war and mass killing to the world including montheists themselves.
@@floriankurz4169 not true. Shintoism is just as bloody, so is buddhism and taoism.
@@yurichtube1162 Taoism by the way is proto libertarianism, the opposite of China's today politics and policies. No clue, but big mouth, that's what you are.
@@floriankurz4169 theconversation.com/violent-buddhist-extremists-are-targeting-muslims-in-sri-lanka-92951
@@joaoribeiro5938 Lo sé amigo. Budistas en Myanmar y Sri Lanka atacan à los musulmanes, pero tu se me hace que no has estudiado la historia budista - musulmana. Empieza con las circunstancias de la destrucción de la universidad de Nalanda, la destrucción de los sitios sagrados budistas en Afganistán, las circunstancias de la desaparición del budismo en la India, la matanza de millones de budistas durante la conquista por el ISLAM etc.
Tengo mucho tiempo estudiando la relación entre budismo e ISLAM (tengo clientes musulmanes en Alemania, en donde he vivido durante los últimos treinta años, he estado practicando budismo tibetano bhutanes desde hace veinte años, y dejé la iglesia luterana de Alemania en 2014; viví tres años en México entre 2006-2009, soy mitad Alemán mitad Rumano).
A fascinating people. They know how to live peaceably, for one thing. They fight hard when they have to, but mostly they seem pretty chilled out and just get on with life. . Others could do with following their lead, to be honest.
that's true, becuase they care about the neighbour for their own prosperity and they are loyal to land where they are living, regarding the laws of the country because they have their own social structure, pray for God not to put a Durze in a milatary in the face of another Durze opposing military, thank you for your kind words :).
If by others you meant "muslims/arabs", my only reply is "not even in your wildest dream". We arabs do not bow down to aggressors and we dont accept to live as slaves. We fight back even for centuries.
you can ask any israeli jew
we LOVE our druze brothers!
Love you too👍❤️❤️
@@rh78njit God bless Druze and Jews
Amen ❤️💛💚
Just a quick clarification: prior to 1948 there was a British mandate of Palestine. Not a nation state, but a client state under the control and authority of the UK. This is vastly different from the modern concept of "State of Palestine" which never existed prior to the PA.
Loved the last guy. What a soul conversation.
Notice at 2:26 when he says he taught teenagers he says "tipesh-esre". This is a nickname bantering teenagers - "-esre" is a suffix of all numbers from 11-19 in Hebrew. "Eħad-esre" "shesh-esre" etc. The word "Tipesh" means "stupid". So "tipesh-esre" is basically like saying "stupid teens", usually referring to teenagers' tendency to do wild and stupid stuff :)
I see a misconception that if you speak Arabic you are Arabic. The language doesn’t Necessary define culture ethnicity and religion. Many African countries speak french but they are far from the french culture and mentality. I have Assyrian friends from Arabic countries and they sometimes lost not to clearly know how to define themselves some will say Arabic some will say no
This is the problem. There's people living in the land currently called Israel who've been there since the dawn of man. They took up the Arabic language because of the spread of Islam. But they wouldn't call themselves Arabs as an "ethnicity" it's just so it's the language they speak.
@@The_Voice_of_Reason748 yes ! And this piece of land has been ruled by so many empires... but many minorities have their own culture sometimes language and religion as well.
because Arab is an ethnicity in the arabian peninsula only, in the rest of the Arab world it's a culture and language like anglophone world, the assyrian in iraq still speak another language and weren't assimilated mostly into the Arab language like mos of the other iraqis so here's why, but the rest of the people in iraq calling themselves arab and speaking Arabic don't have genes closer to the Arabia than to those assyrians not calling themselves arabs
Being Arab is not a genetic thing, Arabs are mixed races since the time of Mohammed, Arabs are people who speak Arabic, even if you go to Saudi Arabia or Yemen and take a DNA sample you will find that the people there are mixed, So being Arab since 1400 years means that you speak Arabic at home.
It's like Latinos or Americans, you can be a person from the native Americans, African, European, or mixed and still be called Latino, nobody says that People with African ancestry or Native American ancestry are not Latinos, most of them speak Spanish and are part of that world, the same thing with Arabs.
Now most of us speak Arabic, eat almost the same food, watch the same series, movies and listen to the same music and read the same books, so of course, we will feel we are one people, who care about genetics and your 37th great grandparent? I have been to so many countries and where ever I go and meet an Arab from Morocco or Iraq I feel like I met a cousin and we can connect and understand each other on so many different levels.
You can have more than one identity.
Millions of Hindus in India totally admire this attitude that Druze have. Their religion does not force them to be disloyal and treacherous towards the country they were born in and sustains them!!
A Hindu living and working in Israel today would have the same attitude as the Druze have.
How could anyone criticise the druze for mixing Ideas and creating a new religion when all religions have been created the same way?
Imagine following a script that you can’t read just cause a man told you.
@@tymaa9349 ?
@@dzevadbayraktar322be honest to yourself and stop eating Islamic propaganda uncritically . if the claims about the science of the quran would be more then islamic propaganda, then the arab islamic world would lead in science,research,engineering but its the exact opposite in the last 600 years and that's the logically consequence of islamic censorship specially since the 13th century when the rationalist arab, persian universal scholars lost there influence and the house of wisdom in baghdad was destroyed and thousands of scriptures got burned and knowledge from thousands of years deleted by the mongols.
Since that, not a single important inventions came from the islamic world.
Oh and just Google science in the quran debunked, and check it by yourself with quran and hadiths. Try to read and analyse it like you would do with any other book.
@@Larrypint Curb your Islamophobia. No need to be rude and spread hate against Islam and Muslims just because you don't like them.
@@dzevadbayraktar322
I'm thinking whether to drop here a million sahih hadiths and tafasir and ayat for you to start explaining in front of everyone this "divine sofistication", if you comment again were gonna start having a big party 🎉 and you will have a lot, a lot of explaining to do and a lot of cleaning up to do.
Dawah? Dawah you do elsewhere, you're in the wrong place to do that.
I would like to hear interview should Circassian people! Please, find them
Email Corey with this idea.
they are mostly in turkey and russia
They'r gonna answer just like they Druze ...... survival instinct
Circassians are not ethnically Arab. Just like Armenians.
@@Ahmed-pf3lg in other news the water is wet
The Druze are loyal citizens and great soldiers.
We are proud to have them in our midsts.
They are lucky that their probably fine values doesn't get challenged too much in Israel. ;)
@@winternowww
Why would their values be anymore challenged than other minorities in Israel?
Freedom of Religion is respected in Israel 🇮🇱
@@tzion4914 ah damn, I see that you can read it that way. No, what I meant was, it's easy for Druze to feel supportive for their home state because Israel doesn't conflict with their probably nice values. Meaning, I acknowledge that Israel is a fine state with good values. ;) It has its problems here and there so has every country in the world with mostly less problems. :**
I wonder what Druze in Lebanon think about Druze in Israel, tho.
Druze in Israel get taught not to hate others. Druze in Lebanon might be brainwashed to hate Israelis, tho.
@@winternowww
I think that the Druze in Lebanon and Syria are loyal to their countries.
That seems to be a part of their value system. I am not implying that Druze in Israel are only loyal out of necessity or habit.
They are well respected and respectful and are loyal citizens of Israel. Even those Druze communities originally from Syria are slowly becoming more appreciative of life in Israel.
*The Druze insisted in the 1950s to be apart of the IDF.
@@tzion4914 ya, I understand. Still wondering if the Druze In Lebanon can withstand antisemitism despite of being loyal to their country. Knowing that there are also Druze living in Israel actually might help them.
Love to all my druze brothers in israel love from the druze of lebanon
And love to all lebanese druze, form ur orthodoxe brothers in akkar
Druze are one of the most amazing groups or Levant. I admire them so much. Greetings from Brazil
@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 oh thanks ❤
@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 Brazil is a beutiful country there are more Lebanese in Brazil then in Lebanon
@@omarjawhary887 yesssss there alottttttt
They speak from the heart. No politics at all. Druze can survive in any society.
I define my self as : Druze, Israeli Zionist and I’m proud of that we were born in Israel which means we’re Israeli even if we’re not Jews
I hope destiny will not choose for 2 Durze guys hold rifles against each others for different countries views. Peace from Durze from Lebanon. :).
@@touficjammoul4482 Do Druze have all rights in Lebanon?
@@arealpersona715 if you mean civil rights yeah. Actually they Form a weight on the political and social life more than what it should be according to their small number.
abolish the settler colonial occupier state of Israel, you are Palestinian your ancestors are palestinian Druze
@@yansideabacoa6257 we’ve never been a Palestinians it’s a massive fake that people still believe in it , always there was an occupiers on this land even the native Palestinians came from somewhere in Greece and occupied this land I think we are now in 2021 look how’s Israel look like and how the lands of Arabs who surround Israel looks like and it’s totally incomparable because the Jews made this land a piece of heaven in 73 years only so all what I can say I love my jewish brothers and I love Israel and I’m so proud of being an Israeli 🇮🇱🌹❤️
I don't know what they're thinking, they're from the Arab tribe Bani Ma'roof so they're definitely Arab. The ones who denied that are in denial.
What a beautiful people. Israel is blessed to have such a wonderful unique community.
There are so many great people in Israel. I can't wait to go back! It's beautiful
Lol
👍🏻😊
I am syrian Durze, and i can tell you as i have lived in syria as a part of minority and I know many Durzians from Algolan heights.
As long as Durzian are having privileges they will stand with any government, regardless the truth, they just want to stay in their land and live in peace.
All the Duruz are arabs and their roots came from Yemen. They came to this land at the 2th century. And they fought with the other arabs and took this land from the Roman empire.
I just want to say all Druz in Israel know that Israel took the Arabs land 1948 and killed thousands,at the same time they know that they are Palestinian and arabs. But saying this loud can cost the privileges which Israelian government gave.
Note : the Israelian government treats the Druz better than the arabs 48. And they have more rights. However both are second class citizens, compared with jew.
The interviewed people did not dare to say the truth. They even have no problem to say we are not arabs although arabic is their mother language,and thier "Elhekmeh" holy book written in Arabic.
@drc ula congratulations. Good to hear, however that does not mean that Durzians have the same rights like Jews.
@drc ula for Durzians only death can make you non-Durze, 🤔. But his children will not be Durzians.
Anyway this what Durzians believe. 😂.
I am personally an atheist now.
If their roots came from Yemen, and no one is allowed to convert to the Druze religion, and they only can marry within the same religion. Wouldn't that make them one of the purest Arabs out there? It's surprising to me that some of them don't identify themselves as Arabs.
@@qve7097 they were normal Muslims until the 11 century, about 1020AC when this religion was founded. So before that date they were normal Muslims living with other muslims, Christians and Jews. in that area. Thus marriage from other religions and ethnicities was not forbidden.
i think they also know thier Arab "brothers" from Syria and Lebanon killed about million ppl of their own in thier civil wars, 20 times more than the ppl been killed in the Israeli-Arab conflict on both sides, but sure,
And btw, the druze of the galil and the karmel have different mindset from the druze of the Golan, they serve in the army and hundreds of them died for the state of Israel
Spectacular. Your best work. Thank you.
Interesting insight into culture and their gestalt, nice metaphor with Jews living in the diaspora.
What a fascinating collection of speakers, they are all consistent with each other. The man at 11:17 is particularly enlightening with his explanations and perspective, and how the 'People of the Book' would face a 'choice' denied the Druze under Wahabi rule, a rather ominous thought.
Hasbara-troll.
As an Israeli Jew, i say Druze are much more than just friends or good neigbours.
they are our brothers and part of this land.
Love the duze. Love their food (especially the sweets). served the IDF with Druze.
דרוזים אתם אחים לתמיד.
כל יהודי בר דעת שמכיר אותכם יודע כמה אתם אנשים טובים ואוהבי ישראל
חוק הלאום זה בולשיט. שנועד לרצות את הימין ולזרוע חול בעיניים של ערבים.
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This question was answered so profoundly WOW! I love it.
The last man is wrong. There has never been a state named Falestin (or Palestine). Before 1948, the place was called Palestine named after the tribe of Philistines who lived there thousands of years ago. but It was not a state. In 1948, Jews were allowed to establish a state and only since then has been a state in this land.
yep, when germany took over poland and started to systematically genocide the slavic people, they also started claiming there was never a polish state, history is written by the victors, but believe me, your end will be more brutal than nazi's end
@@user-kg7zr3yl3nOnce you tell us about German who genocide the slavic people, you prove that there is nothing to compare between the nazi Germany and Israel. The terrorism in Israel, in contrast to the Germany's case, comes one direction from Arab to Jews
@@muffaker490 hahahaha yes please, tell me how we are demolishing israeli villages to build settlements for arabs from other countries, tell me how we have laws that give more rights to a forgeiner than a native born here just because of ethnicity, tell me how we're having a clear policy of settler colonialism on occupied israeli lands, aka the lebensraum that germany planned for poland and all the slavic people... you are sick
The Druze really are a great people, they deserve all the respect for their loyalty to the only country in the Middle East that truly gives them equal rights and freedoms. I hope they know they will always have a home in the State of Israel.
the Druze in Lebanon don't have less rights that others, and in Syria religious persecution didn't come from the government you are talking alot of bs without knowledge and neither in Israel there is a one same views all the Druze hold about loyalty to which ideology, the Joint List party is well represented in the Druze areas in elections and have Druze memebrs, there are also Druze members in the most Arab nationalist party inside Israel Balad.
First time heard about Druze. It's strange they speak arabic and they say im not arab or palestinian or syrian.or libian. WTF is this joke. Lost people . You can have a diffrent religion. But you can't define yourself as diffrent and you speak the same language.!!!!!!
@@m200cheytac5 When Jews used to live in Arab countries they also spoke Arabic. By your logic they should have considered themselves Arabs too? Well, Arabs certainty didn't consider them Arabs.
@@vadifey No it's not true. Ok they were speaking arabic with arabs, but with each other only hebraic. This people speak arabic with each other not hebraic. They have the arabic like mother language. So they ara arabs just diffrent religion. The only thing puting them appart from the arabs and other ppl is the religion. However i'm glad that they live in peace with israelis
@@m200cheytac5 I don't believe that in Egypt for example Jews spoke any Jewish based language. They spoke Arabic and French and still were Jews. But here is another example - mother tongue of Russian Jews born in Russia in the last 100 years is Russian. Surrounding population there always reminded them that they were Jews.
Syrian Christian here, Israel protects all the indigenous minorities bc they are one too and I am thankful for that, years of Muslim Arab oppression all our cultures and people have been driven to near extinction.
Why did the population of Christians significantly decrease in the Holy land since the creation of the state of Isreal.
And I'll also tell you that religious Jews are more hostile towards Christianity than they're are towards Islam and this is from personal experience
Druze aren't even indigenous, not even Ashkenazi Jews are not indigenous.
The Druze often seem like the only ones in the region with their head screwed on correctly. The few I know personally are simply wonderful people.
We're working on abolishing that new horrible law. Druze have always been a valuable part of Israeli society.
This video is so informative and needed to show us the real Israel. Thank You Corey!
Real Israel????
@@naceraher9632 yes , the real israel !
im sure ur not from here
Great people ; I love them from a Moroccan Arab muslim ..
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@@pimpfajita8888 Why ? because I love normal people ?
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God bless you 👍❤️
@@cosmicfive852 You are the most welcome here in Morocco ! I hope the Political dogma in the sacred land be resolved as soon as possible so that I can visit you both sides ! I know its very sensitive but enough is enough ! Wars done for nothing !
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Thank you my friend 💜
Every Druze I ever met was an amazing person. They were with me in the army. Sweetest people
Love to my Druze family from Lebanese muslim