Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced Tuesday that the local council of Maghar will become the first Druze city in Israel.
The local council will upgrade its status to a city due to economic and organizational development. The new status will grant more powers to the municipality and the mayor.
Maghar is a mixed community, the Druze account for about 57% of the 24,000 people living in it, and the rest are Muslims (21.4%) and Christians (21%). Among its famous residents is coalition member and Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas.