After Syria War, Druze in Golan Heights Warm to Israel
Interior Ministry figures show 45% of Druze in the Golan Heights now hold Israeli nationality, up from 2% four decades ago.
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After Syria war, Druze in Golan Heights warm to Israel
"It's crucial for all Israeli citizens to vote," said Damaqsi, from the Golan Heights town of Ein Qiniye. "It's a right, but it's also an honour." The Golan's 26,000 Druze have historically rejected outward displays of allegiance to Israel, which captured the territory from Syria in 1967 and annexed it in 1981, with those who adopt the nationality ostracised. But a shift in attitudes has picked up after Israel carried out military strikes in Syr…
"It is crucial for every citizen of Israel to vote. It is a right, but also an honour," said the AFP, the resident of Ein Qiniye, a locality in this region taken to Syria by Israel in 1967, then annexed in 1981. Members of a heterodox branch of Islam, the 26,000 Druze of the Golan for a long time rejected all allegiance to Israel, unlike the approximately 125,000 members of this community living in the rest of Israel and very integrated. Here, t…
In the past, many Druze voted secretly. But today, Fadi Damaksi has no hesitation in declaring his intention to participate in the Israeli elections on October 27. In the Golan Heights, this student is a typical example of the rapprochement with Israel of a community that has long been tied to Syria. "It is crucial for every citizen of Israel to vote. It is a right, but also an honor," this resident of Ein Kiniye, a community in this area that I…
In the past, many Druze voted secretly. However, today, Fadi Damakshi does not hesitate to declare his intention to participate in the Israeli elections on October 27.
In this region taken in Syria in 1967, a Druze student claims his right to vote and a mayor presents himself for the first time on a list... Read more On the Golan the Israeli vote is no longer a taboo appeared first on Le Singulier.
As the elections for the Israeli Knesset approach, attention is drawn to the villages of the occupied Syrian Golan, where streets and squares are witnessing an increasing presence of electoral campaigns, in an unusual scene that brings back to the fore the issue of political participation, after decades of massive boycott of Israeli elections and adherence to Syrian national identity. This movement comes amid a debate within Druze society in [..…
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