Looks like the young Arabs want to be part of Israel.
Looks like the young Arabs want to be part of Israel.
Meet the Young Arabs Who Want to Be Israeli Citizens… Again
Long loyal to the Assad regime, some Druze in Israel's Golan Heights are changing their tune
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MAJDAL SHAMS, ISRAEL—It’s close to midnight and the bars and restaurants are packed with young men and women. Cars crowd the busy streets and kiosk vendors hustle Heinekens as electronic music floats out into the night.
This may sound like downtown Tel Aviv, but it’s actually a remote mountain village in the Golan Heights, located just a few miles from the Syrian border. And most of the revelers are Druze, a Muslim minority group commonly found in Lebanon, Syria and northern Israel.
“I want to have a nice life, to study and have a good time with my friends,” says Raami, a young man sitting at a bar along the town’s main strip. “What do I care about Shiites and Sunnis, about Sharia law and holy war?”
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Meet the Young Arabs Who Actually Want to Become Israelis
Looks like the young Arabs want to be part of Israel.
Meet the Young Arabs Who Want to Be Israeli Citizens… Again
Long loyal to the Assad regime, some Druze in Israel's Golan Heights are changing their tune
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MAJDAL SHAMS, ISRAEL—It’s close to midnight and the bars and restaurants are packed with young men and women. Cars crowd the busy streets and kiosk vendors hustle Heinekens as electronic music floats out into the night.
This may sound like downtown Tel Aviv, but it’s actually a remote mountain village in the Golan Heights, located just a few miles from the Syrian border. And most of the revelers are Druze, a Muslim minority group commonly found in Lebanon, Syria and northern Israel.
“I want to have a nice life, to study and have a good time with my friends,” says Raami, a young man sitting at a bar along the town’s main strip. “What do I care about Shiites and Sunnis, about Sharia law and holy war?”
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Meet the Young Arabs Who Actually Want to Become Israelis
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