Historic pilgrimage: Israel allows 100 Druze sheikhs from Syria to visit Shrine of Jethro near Tiberias

Historic pilgrimage: Israel allows 100 Druze sheikhs from Syria to visit Shrine of Jethro near Tiberias

Buses carrying senior figures from the Syrian Druze community are welcomed by members of the Druze community in Israel on the Israeli border with Syria, in Majdal Shams, March 14, 2025. (Photo: Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

A delegation of some 100 Druze religious leaders from southern Syria visited Israel on Friday, marking the first time in decades that Syrian Druze were allowed to visit a holy site near the city of Tiberias in northern Israel.

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