The Druze of the Golan have always had close ties with the Druze of Syria, being part of the same over-all community, and Druze young people often go to college in Damascus or marry Syrians. It isn’t a new thing that the Druze keep ties to Syria, or march to the Syrian border. However the Druze, like many other Israeli Arabs, are increasingly anti-Israel and anti-Jewish, being influenced by world events, propaganda and the global Islamic movement. Druze aren’t considered Muslims in the regular sense, since the Druze broke off from “mainstream” Islam long ago. However, their religious roots are in Islam.
Likewise Arab Christians are frequently influenced by the Pan-Arab movement and the Islamic movement, even though religiously they have no ties to Islam, and even though Muslim Arabs have treated them extremely badly in areas where there is Arab rule rather than Israeli rule. Some of the most virulent anti-Israel propagandists are Arab Christians of various denominations. The temptation towards ethnic, especially Arab nationalism appears to be very strong, since it drives people to actions contrary to logic, self preservation and morality.
(IsraelNN.com) Thousands of Druze residents of the Golan took part in a pro-Syrian march on Saturday. The march commemorated the Knesset’s 1981 decision to annex the Golan and the Druze strike that followed.
Marchers strode through Majdal Shams and surrounding villages and ended near the Syrian border. Syrian protesters joined from the other side. Protesters in the Golan waved Syrian flags and called for the Golan to be given to Syria.
