Middle East & Africa | Israel’s non-Jewish minorities

How the Gaza war affects Israel’s minorities in different ways

For Muslim Arabs it is especially traumatic and conflicting

An Israeli army officer, a member of the Druze minority, on patrol in northern Israel.
A melting pot of Druze and JewsPhotograph: AFP
|Peki’in and Rahat

About a quarter of the population of the world’s only Jewish state are not Jewish. The different experiences of Israel’s minorities during the war in Gaza highlight the complexities of their position.

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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The peculiar place of the Druze”

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