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[[CircassiansSirkasia di Israel]] adalah non Arab, namun didominasi oleh penganut Muslim Sunni. CircassianSirkasia memiliki hubungan baik dengan masyarakat Yahudi di Israel sejak the beginning of the [[Yishuv|permukiman Yahudi di Tanah Israel]]. Komunitas CircassianSirkasia di Israel helped themempantu imigrasi ilegal ([[Ha'apala]]) of Yahudi intoke Palestina sejak [[Palestina Mandat Britania|Mandat Britania]] dan fought on the Israeli side of the [[Perang Arab-Israel 1948|Perang Kemerdekaan]]. Pada tahun 1948, dimana Negara Israel dibentuk, CircassiansSirkasia ofdari PalestinePalestina didtidak notbermigrasi migrateke tonegara-negara neighboring countriestetangga, rather made thememilih choiceuntuk to staytinggal within the borders of the negara baru dan embrace fullseluruh Israelimasyarakat citizenshipIsrael.<ref name="merza"/> Seperti halnya warga [[Druze]], sejak 1958 kaum laki-laki CircassianSirkasia tampil dalam pelayanan militer wajib Israel upon reaching the age of majority, namun kaum perempuan tidak.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.circassianworld.com/Haaretz_eng.html | newspaper = Ha’aretz | date = 8/2/2004 | publisher = Circassian world}}.</ref> Kebanyakan CircassianSirkasia di Israel dimasukkan dalam pasukan keamanan, includingtermasuk indalam the BorderPertahanan GuardPerbatasan, Pasukan Pertahanan Israel, polisi dan Pelayanan Tahanan Israel. The percentage of the army recruitsmerekrut among komunitas CircassianSirkasia di Israel is particularly high. Loyalti ini to Israel is often considered as an act of betrayal byoleh theMuslim-Muslim Arab Muslims, who see CircassiansSirkasia sebagai traitors to the [[Ummah]].<ref name="merza">{{Citation | url = http://bcrfj.revues.org/index5911.html | title = In search of a lost time, (Re) construction of identity in the Circassian diaspora in Israel | first = Eléonore | last = Merza | newspaper = Bulletin du Centre de recherche français de Jérusalem}}.</ref><ref name="berkley">{{Citation | title = Jews | first = George E | last = Berkley | publisher = Branden Books | year = 1997 | page = 307}}.</ref>
The [[Druze]] are a komunitas keagamaan found who consider themselves an Islamic Unist, reformatory sect. The Druze consider themselves to be Muslim, although they are considered non-Muslim oleh komunitas IslamisIslam utama.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://alfred.med.yale.edu/alfred/recordinfo.asp?condition=populations.pop_uid='PO000008I | contribution = Druze | title = The Allele Frequency Database | first = Kenneth K | last = Kidd | publisher = Yale University}}.</ref> The Druze mostly do nottidak identify withdiidentifikasikan the cause of [[nasionalisme Arab]]. The bond antara Yahudi dan Druze isumumnya commonlydikenal known by theoleh termistilah "a covenant of blood". Warga sipil Druze are prominent in the [[Pasukan Pertahanan Israel]] dan dalam [[Politik Israel|politik]], and a considerable number prajurit Israel Druze dapat turun dalam perang Israel sejak [[Perang Arab-Israel 1948]]. [[Reda Mansour]], seorang penyair, sejarawan, dan diplomat Druze, explained: "Kami hanyalah minoritas non-Yahudi that is drafted into the military, and we have an even higher percentage in the combat units and as officers than the Jewish members themselves. So we are considered a sangat nationalitis,sebuah komunitas patriotik yang sangat nasional."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Christensen|first=John |title=Consul General is an Arab Who Represents Israel Well|url= http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/11/15/mansour.html |accessdate=27 June 2010|newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date= Saturday, November 15, 2008}}</ref> Pada tahun 2008, menunjukan bahwa 94% kaum muda Druze mengklasifikasi diri mereka sebagai "Druze-Israel" dalam hal keagamaan dan konteks nasional. Lima pembuat hukum Druze currentlysaat ini have been elected to serve in the [[Pemilihan legislatif Israel, 2009|Knesset ke-18]], a disproportionately large number considering their population.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060848.html | title = Elections 2009 | contribution = Druze likely to comprise 5% of next Knesset, despite small population | newspaper = Ha’aretz}}.</ref>
Rafik Halabi, seorang koresponden televisi Druze Israel dan mantan pemimpin militer Israel, mengkarakteristikan dirinya sendiri sebagai seorang pahlawan Israel.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/112982/821129007.htm | type = book review | title = The West Bank Story: An Israeli Arab's View of Both Sides of a Tangled Conflict | newspaper = Washington Report | date = November 29, 1982 | page = 7}}.</ref> Dalam bukunya yang dibuat pada tahun 1982 yang berjudul "The West Bank Story: An Israel Arab's View of Both Sides of a Tangled Conflict", ia menulis, "Aku adalah seorang pahlawan Israel, meskipun aku bukan seorang Yahudi".<ref>{{Citation | title = People as subject, people as object: selfhood and peoplehood in contemporary Israel | first = Virginia R | last = Domínguez | publisher = Univ of Wisconsin Press | year = 1989 | page = 159}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Surrounded: Palestinian soldiers in the Israeli military | first = Rhoda Ann | last = Kanaaneh | publisher = Stanford University Press | year = 2009 | page = 155}}.</ref>
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