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Ethnoreligious group
Palestinian Druze
were people in
Mandatory Palestine
who belonged to the
Druze
ethnoreligious group
.
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During the first census of the British mandate, Druze were one of eight religious demographic groups who were categorized,
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The sense of a distinct identity among Druze began to increase in the 1930s when some other Arab citizens viewed them as being neutral during ethnic contentions.
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During the early 20th century, many authors depicted the Druze as neutral during the clashes that happened between Arabs and Jews in the 1920s and 1930s. This perception eventually culminated in Israeli leadership approaching the Druze who were in leadership positions and offering them a treaty of non-aggression, leading to somewhat tranquil relations between the two.
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During the
British Mandate for Palestine
, the Druze did not embrace the rising
Arab nationalism
of the time or participate in violent confrontations. In 1948, many Druze volunteered for the Israeli army and no Druze villages were destroyed or permanently abandoned.
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Since the establishment of the state, the Druze have demonstrated solidarity with Israel and distanced themselves from Arab and Islamic radicalism.
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Druze citizens serve in the
Israel Defense Forces
.
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Demographics
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The
1922 census
recorded 7,028 Druze, mostly living in the Sub-Districts of Acre, Haifa, Tiberias and Safed.
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By the time of the
1931 census
, this number had risen to 9,148 persons.
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The 1945?1946
Survey of Palestine
estimated that about 13,000 Druze lived in Palestine at that time.
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See also
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References
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Chatty, Dawn (2010-03-15).
Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East
. Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
978-0-521-81792-9
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Simon Harrison (2006).
Fracturing Resemblances: Identity and Mimetic Conflict in Melanesia and the West
. Berghahn Books. pp. 121?.
ISBN
978-1-57181-680-1
.
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Barron, Table I.
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"The Druze Between Palestine and Israel, 1947-49 | Middle East Policy Council"
.
www.mepc.org
.
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Yoav Gelber
,
Independence Versus Nakba
; Kinneret?Zmora-Bitan?Dvir Publishing, 2004,
ISBN
965-517-190-6
, p. 115
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"Internal Displacement Monitoring Center ? Israel"
. Archived from
the original
on 3 September 2006
. Retrieved
2009-04-22
.
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Nisan, Mordechai (2010).
"The Druze in Israel: Questions of Identity, Citizenship, and Patriotism"
.
The Middle East Journal
.
64
(4): 575?596.
doi
:
10.3751/64.4.14
.
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Stern, Yoav (23 March 2005).
"Christian Arabs / Second in a series ? Israel's Christian Arabs don't want to fight to fit in"
. Haaretz. Archived from
the original
on 10 December 2007
. Retrieved
7 January
2006
.
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J. B. Barron, ed. (1923).
Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922
. Government of Palestine. Table XI.
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E. Mills (1933).
Census of Palestine 1931. Volume II
. Alexandria: Government of Palestine. Table VII.
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Government of Palestine.
A Survey of Palestine, prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
. Vol. II. p. 925.
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J. B. Barron, ed. (1923).
Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922
. Government of Palestine.
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E. Mills, ed. (1932).
Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas
. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
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