Druze Scouts Association in Israel | |
Headquarters: | Haifa |
Country: | Israel |
F-Date: | 1954 |
Founder: | Salman Hamud Fallah |
Members: | 5,000 |
Chiefscouttitle: | Chairman |
Chiefscout: | Labib Abu-Hamud |
Pattern Head: | baseball cap |
Color Head: | FFFFFF |
Pattern Body: | shirt long sleeves |
Color Body: | D2B48C |
Pattern Legs: | trousers |
Druze Scouts Association in Israel (Hebrew: ארגון הצופים הדרוזים בישראל, , Arabic: منظمة الكشاف الدرزي الإسرائيلي, ) is an Israeli Druze coed Scouting and Guiding association with about 5,000 members.[1] It is the largest Druze youth organization.
The Druze Scouts in Israel are led by Salman Hamud Fallah (1935-2016),[2] who started the organization in 1954.[3] The organization is a member organization of the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation.[4]
Falach returned from study in the United States in 1975 and has headed the association since.[5]
Currently there are Druze Scout tribes in all the Druze villages in Israel, the Golan Heights, Galilee and Carmel.[4] Druze Scouting operates within the school system, and each Druze school has its own troop, from elementary-level through high school.[5]