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November 23, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Druze-anchorwoman-shatters-Israels-glass-ceilings-572174

Druze Anchorwoman for Hebrew News at Israel Public Broadcasting

(Media Line-Jerusalem Post) Felice Friedson - Druze news anchor Gadeer Mreeh, who reported news at the Arabic desk at the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, has become the nation's first non-Jewish woman to anchor the Hebrew news broadcast. After her appointment, she said, "The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Moafaq Tarif, called me and I cried. He said, 'I'm proud of you. You symbolize a Druze woman who tried and succeeded in her career while continuing to maintain your unique identity.'" "The Druze are a success story of a minority in our integration into Israeli society. We have the highest percentage of people enlisting in the army, 80%....We have people holding very high-ranking positions in security units, in the IDF, the Prisons Service, in the Border Police. The coordinator of government activities in the territories is Druze. We have a Druze communications minister....Today, we have 1,000 Druze females who do national service."

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