“We ask in the name of all the surrounding area to join our people in the Golan, and to live with freedom and dignity like our people are living [in Israel].

He calls for the Syrian Druze to be freed from the “injustice and oppression” that was first imposed on them by the Assad regime, and which they fear will soon be imposed on them again by the Islamist rebel groups. //

Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby
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BREAKING: The Druze leader of al-Suwayda in southwestern Syria issued a statement for his village.

“We will not agree to live under the rule of the rebels, who are identical to ISIS, we want to live under Israeli rule and become part of Israel.”

8:44 PM · Dec 12, 2024. //

Stuytown | December 14, 2024 at 12:38 am
These people are in a very difficult position. I can’t imagine Israel taking them in. It would incur the wrath of the world, as usual, and Israel would need to expand its defenses to these Druze. The Druze are justified in their fear of the “rebels.” After this video of the meeting came out, a second video of a meeting was released. It had fewer people participating and looked staged. In it, the people vote to stay in Syria. They are scared.