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here are over 1 million
Druze in the world today,
most of them living in
Lebanon and Syria. About
80,000 reside in Israel. Though
their language is Arabic, they
firmly insist they are not Arabs,
and keep their identity quite sep-
arate.
Neither are they Muslims.
They are identifiable as a sepa-
rate ethnic group which, about a
thousand years ago, developed a
religion which may have been an
offshot of Islam, but is quite un-
like it today. Their faith is kept a
close secret, and details are
known only to the inner circle. It
is purely monotheistic. A princi-
ple of their beliefs is the sanctity
of the truth, unless survival is at
stake. Hospitality is a genuine
mitzvah with them, not just an
expression of politeness.
Druze believe in reincarnation.
When one dies his spirit enters
the body of a new-born. Since one
cannot be converted to the Druze
religion, their numbers increase
slowly.
A revealing survey of the sta-
tus of the Druze in Israel was pre-
sented at Haifa University not
long ago with the participation of
both the Jewish and Druze Is-
raelis. Professor Yosef Ginat,
head of the Jewish-Arab Center
at the University, made it clear
at the outset that though the
venue was academic and the lev-
el would be scholarly, the dis-
cussion would not confine itself
to abstract or historic matters but
would deal with what is known
in Hebrew as "actualia".
Participants included a Druze
member of the Knesset, a Druze
general in the army, a Cadi, may-
or of Druze town, a Druze uni-
versity lecturer and others. The
locale was appropriate, for Haifa
University has more Druze stu-
dents enrolled than any other
university in Israel.
There were indeed many prob-
lems, and at times emotions ran
high as Druze spokesmen gave
vent to their frustrations and dis-
appointments. Among the sub-
jects discussed was military
service. Druze youth have been
subject to compulsory military
since 1956, by were angry that
despite this apparent recognition
of equality, they were for many
years kept in separate Druze
units. It has only been in the last
few years that they have also
been afforded opportunity to
serve in mixed units with Jewish
soldiers.This enabled the two
sides to become better acquaint-
ed, for as one participant in the
seminar noted, soldiers who sleep
in the same tents together for
eight months or more, truly get
to know each other.
The Druze economy was once
purely agricultural, but more and
more Druze men find employ-
ment away from their villages,
largely in defense-related occu-
pations, ranging from the regu-
lar army and border guards to
the prison service. Some concern
was expressed as to what would
happen to them if true peace
came, the military contracted,
and their services were no longer
required to the same degree.
Druze soldiers who return to
their villages after completing
their tour of duty do not get the
same help afforded to Jewish ex-
servicemen, it was charged. They
see vast amounts being spent by
the government for the absorp-
tion of new immigrants in devel-
opment towns while the Druze
villages struggle along with in-
adequate funds.
Complaint was also made that
government personnel assigned
to serve their villages, including
teachers, school principals and
even clerks handling contacts
with government bodies, are not
always of top caliber.
Changing circumstances are
also creatin problems. The rur-
al complexion of Druze life is
changing. How can they keep
their youth down on the farm af-
ter their army service and after
they have see Tel Aviv?
Druze women, who under their
faith have a remarkable degree
of equality, are now also being ex-
posed to the outside world
through TV and the press. More
and more women are also taking
up outside employment as an eco-
nomic necessity, and their pat-
terns of life are affected
accordingly.
Throughout the flow of com-
plaints there was never a hint of
disloyalty. To the contrary, their
tune was that precisely because
they feel themselves an integral
part of the Sate; their disap-
pointment is the greater at the
raw deal they feel they are get-
ting.
To the tourists, the Druze are
a friendly, exotic part of the land-
scape. To the military, they are a
loyal, fearless and reliable ele-
ment. undoubtedly more atten-
tion should be given to meeting
their needs and helping they at-
tain a higher standard of living.
Israel owes it to them to treat
them as full equals, but also to
recognize they have their own
dignity.