Palestinian Metawalis
Palestinian Shiite community
Palestinian Metawalis are a Palestinian Shiite community.
Louis Lortet and Ernest Renan believe that Metawalis are Kurds, who migrated from Iraq to Palestine in the 13th century.[1] During the time of Mandatory Palestine, Palestinian Metawalis had seven villages wherein they constituted the majority.[2] During the first census of the British protectorate, Palestinian Metawalis were one of eight religious demographic groups categorized,[3] and tensions existed regarding whether these people would be geopolitically united with their Shiite Arab counterparts in southern Lebanon.[2]
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- Druzism1
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- 1 Druze have a status aparte from Muslim Arabs in Israel, since 1957.
- 2 Arameans have a status aparte from Christian Arabs in Israel, since 2014.