Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif

Druze spiritual leader meets with US envoy to Syria and Lebanon in Paris

Sheikh Tarif requested that the United States work to fully implement the ceasefire agreement in a complete and immediate manner in the Druze Mountain region of Syria.

People hold a Druze flag, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces, in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria July 25, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze leader Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif at the Prime Minster’s Office in Jerusalem on July 24, 2025.

Netanyahu, Druze spiritual leader meet in Jerusalem amid Syria ceasefire

 Interior Minister Moshe Arbel meets with Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel.

'Partnership and responsibility': Planning committee for Druze, Circassian towns approved

 Sheikh Muafak Tarif at a conference at the Western Galilee Academic College.

‘Massacre of Druze in Syria is a warning sign for Israel,’ spiritual leader says


One wounded in gathering held by Syrian Druze sheikhs at Tiberias shrine during historic visit

The sheikhs arrived via buses to the border gate, where they were greeted by their Druze brethren living in Israel in a historic visit to the shrine of Nabi Shu'ayb.

 Buses carrying senior figures from the Syrian Druze community  welcomed by members of the Druze community in Israel, March 14, 2025

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Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AT THE opening of the Maskit exhibition (from left): Ami Katz, Shachar Atwan, Sharon Tal, Raz Samira, and Nir Tal.

Druze spiritual leader urges Netanyahu to adjust Nation-State Law

"Now is the time for the government and the Knesset to initiate a change to the Nation-State Law and repair the historical distortion regarding the Druze community," Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif wrote.

 Mowafaq Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel at a ceremony held for outgoign Supreme Court judge George Karra, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022.

Israel's Druze sector threatens to cut ties with IDF after young woman drafted

Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif warned that "if the State of Israel wishes to maintain its alliance with the Druze community - it must set the record straight."

 Israeli soldiers and rescue forces seen at Mount Harif military base in the southern Negev desert, close to the border with Egypt, on June 3, 2023