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Historic change in the Golan Druze to Israel

Tamir Morag published this report on Channel 14.

Signs of a historic turning point in the position of the Druze in the Golan Heights towards the State of Israel. 

Recently, against the backdrop of what appears to be the disintegration of Syria and the rise of jihadists to power, there has been a surge in the number of Druze in the Golan who are seeking to enlist in the IDF, and about 200 of them are currently in various stages of the recruitment process.

This is a very significant number considering the size of the Druze community in the Golan – a little over 20,000 residents, concentrated in four main villages: Majdal Shams, Bukata, Masada and Ein al-Qiniya.

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the vast majority of Druze in the Golan have hesitated to identify with the State of Israel, and have even demonstrated more than once their identification with Syria and the Assad regime. The main reason for this was the fear that one day Israel would return the Golan to Syria, and then the Alawite regime would come to terms with them (in addition, the Syrian regime purchased large quantities of apples from their orchards).

Until the 10/7 massacre, only a few members of the community enlisted in the IDF, and some would take off their uniforms before returning to their villages; since 10/7, there has been an increase in this trend, and in recent days, against the backdrop of the rise of Tahrir al-Sham – an organization that considers the Druze to be infidels, denounces them for their support of the Syrian regime and has repeatedly attacked the Druze villages in the Syrian Golan – there has been a surge in the number of those seeking to enlist.

At the same time, there has been a significant increase in the number of Druze from the Golan who are seeking to receive a blue ID card and become full Israeli citizens. Until now, they were entitled to this status, but the vast majority of them have chosen to remain as permanent residents, for the reasons mentioned above.

It seems that after decades of careful maneuvering between Syria and Israel, the Druze in the Golan Heights are beginning to choose sides and join their brothers in the Galilee, who long ago made a bloody alliance with the state.

NEWSRAEL: We must point out that there are 3 distinct groups of Druze in our region:

  1. The Druze in Israel who have always been supportive of the Jewish State.
  2. The Druze in the Golan Heights who were annexed by Israel after the six-day war in 1967 who until now stayed loyal to the Assad regime — who we are talking about in this news item and…
  3. The Druze in Southern Syria who were until now loyal to Assad and are also asking to become part of Israel. We could add…
  4. The Druze in Lebanon who are anti-Israel and loyal to their state of Lebanon.

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BREAKING NEWS: Israel Has New Front with Hezb’allah in All Out War!

The background: Hezb’allah launched a missile that was unique in construction and payload to that Iranian proxy army. It hit a soccer field near a playground in a Druze village.

It is well known in Israel that one does not fuck with the Druze.

The Druze offered an ultimatum to Israel explaining they had 4 hours to respond to the attack, or the Druze would themselves. This is no idle threat. The Druze do not concern themselves with world opinion or what college LARPers have to say in Montreal. For the background, see RAIR Foundation here.

Israel appears to have wasted no time to engage Hizb’allah which is rumoured to have abandoned some military positions as soon as the Druze threat was public.

Below, a series of updates on what is a breaking story and one with consequence.

This Reddit thread is a must read. It has a lot of background on previous attacks the Druze people have done against the ‘Palestinians’ when they screwed with them.

Approximately an hour ago Hezbollah fired a rocket at the Druze town of Majdal Shams in Northern Israel which exploded in a soccer field resulting in the murder of numerous children:

Moment of the attack

Aftermath (NSFL)

Aftermath (NSFL)

Aftermath (NSFL)

While Israel has largely ignored Hezbollah’s constant attacks against residents in the North since Oct 8th, it will not be able to do so anymore. There is a generally understood rule that the Druze are not to be messed with as doing so results in dire consequences.

This is something Palestinians learnt all too well in 2022 when a Druze teenager who was seriously injured in a car crash in Jenin was taken off life support from the hospital he was being treated at and kidnapped resulting in his death.

Members of the Druze community in Israel immediately threatened to storm Jenin if his body was not immediately released along with some members of the community throwing explosives along with beating and kidnapping Palestinians in response. After 30 hours in captivity the body of Tiran Fero was unconditionally returned.

Everyone is well aware of Israel’s response after Oct 7th but the response that will be demanded by the Druze even if they have to enter Lebanon alone and on foot to get revenge on Hezbollah will make it seem like a joke. I can’t see Israel being able to prevent the inevitable response nor do I think it will stand in the way. In other words, the tit for tat has ended and Israel will now be in full out war with Hezbollah.

There are reports that Hezbollah has already started abandoning its military positions in Lebanon in anticipation of a severe military response however this is the least of Hezbollah’s worries as there are 250k members of the Druze community who live in Lebanon itself many of whom will want revenge as well.

In 2021, members of the Druze community of Chouya beat and captured members of Hezbollah who fired rockets at Israel endangering their village. As such I expect Hezbollah will not only be attacked by Israel but by the Lebanese Druze community as well.

Attacking the Druze is the definition of kicking a hornets nest. If Hezbollah hasn’t learnt this already they will learn it very soon: You do NOT fuck with the Druze.

Edit: It seems as though Hezbollah already knows what’s coming as they are already trying to deny their involvement in the attack.

In fact, more than they deny the attack, but Russian propaganda is already out claiming the missile that hit the Druze was an Iron Dome missile that went astray.

But it appears that the Israeli response is well under way on behalf of the Druze community…

The photos in this Tweet are NSFW and are of the children killed by the Hezb’allah rocket.

SFW:

Iran may want to mumble a few ‘prayers’ as well.

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Israeli Druze, News and Hezbollah Blues

WOW, what a full report we have that covers a variety of important developments by our reporters in Israel.

The first part of the show features Mendi Safadi, a Druze leader who explains exactly who the Druze Israelis are and what they do.

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You will not believe all the good stuff we pack into this one hour show. Enjoy

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