Druze Scouts Association in Israel ( he, ארגון הצופים הדרוזים בישראל, ' , ar, منظمة الكشاف الدرزي الإسرائيلي, ') is an Israeli

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

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and Guiding association with about 5,000 members. It is the largest Druze youth organization. The Druze Scouts in Israel are led by Salman Hamud Fallah (1935-2016), who started the organization in 1954. Salman Fallah besides being head of the association, he also holds a government position overseeing Druze education since the 1960s. The organization is a member organization of the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation. Falach returned from study in the United States in 1975 and has headed the association since.https://www.academia.edu/3265472/The_Construction_of_Druze_Ethnicity_Druze_in_Israel_Between_State_Policy_and_Palestinian_Arab_Nationalism p. 80 Currently there are Druze Scout tribes in all the Druze villages in Israel, the

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. Druze Scouting operates within the school system, and each Druze school has its own troop, from elementary-level through high school.

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Scouting and Guiding in Israel World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Youth organizations established in 1954 Youth organizations based in Israel Druze community in Israel {{Israel-org-stub

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