Druze Scouts Association

Druze Scouts Association in Israel (Hebrew: ארגון הצופים הדרוזים בישראל, Irgun HaTzofim HaDruzim BeYisrael ^{[dubious – discuss]}, Arabic: منظمة الكشاف الدرزي الإسرائيلي, Monazamat al-Kashaf al-Druzi al-Isra'ili) is an Israeli Druze coed Scouting and Guiding association with about 5,000 members.^[1] It is the largest Druze youth organization.^[2]

Druze Scouts Association in Israel
Headquarters	Haifa
Country	Israel
Founded	1954
Founder	Salman Hamud Fallah
Membership	5,000
Chairman	Labib Abu-Hamud
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The Druze Scouts in Israel were led by Salman Hamud Fallah (1935-2016)^{[citation needed]},^[3] who started the organization in 1954.^[2][4] The organization is a member organization of the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation.^[2]

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.^[2] Druze Scouting operates within the school system, and each Druze school has its own troop, from elementary-level through high school.^[5]

See also

• Arab and Druze Scouts Movement
• Druze in Israel