Some of my favorite poets in Israel are Druze, but I hadn’t considered their situation here in these troubled times.  

Vivian Eden opened my eyes:

https://www.haaretz.com/life/2025-01-15/ty-article/.premium/how-to-write-a-poem-in-the-midst-of-chaos-notes-on-a-poem-by-a-druze-israeli-writer/00000194-6472-d2ad-a19d-767fc13a0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Vivian+Eden&utm_term=20250115-13:20.

I hope she’ll be around more to tell us about poetry in Israel.  We really learn so much more from poetry about the real atmosphere of a country.