Weekend clashes in Abu-Snan sparkle Druze-muslim 'conflict'.

[Daniyel]

Hhhhhmmmm...maybe not as clear cut a distinction as the brilliant Teddy assumes....

In Israel
Main article: Israeli Druze
The Druze form a religious minority in Israel of more than 100,000, mostly residing in the north of the country.[45] In 2004, there were 102,000 Druze living in the country.[46] In 2010, the population of Israeli Druze citizens grew to over 125,000.

In 1957, the Israeli government designated the Druze a distinct ethnic community at the request of its communal leaders. The Druze are Arabic-speaking citizens of Israel, who are drafted into mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces, in which the same process goes for the majority of citizens in Israel. Members of the community have attained top positions in Israeli politics and public service.[47] The number of Druze parliament members usually exceeds their proportion in the Israeli population, integrated within several political parties.

Druze - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

So it becomes a bit of a question of interpretation as to whether a person from this ethnic community converts to Islam or Christianity - do they then cease to be Druze or not?

Basically you right but I suggest you'll learn about the Druze religion, in some terms this is the closest religion to Judaism.
Here is the main points you need to know that relates to the religion(Note that the clashes been over religion - not race)
You only considered a Druze by intermarriage - to Druze.
Druze believe in reincarnation.
Druze is all-ticket-sold(my definition ) means if you didn't turn to Druze (not sure) 1200 years ago - you can't convert now-your only choice is to born one (reincarnated) which designate Druze as a religion and race at once(closed circle ethnicity - old enough to be considered a race)
I Hope it shed some light, this is a completely different rules than what you most likely used to with the main religions.

 

[Saigon]

Daniyel -

That's intersting, thanks. I must admit that I've never thought about this before, having considered the villagers who lived near my old kibbutz at Dan to be essentially a tribe with their own religious beliefs, rather than a particular people or religion as such.

I'm curious now, and might have to buy a book on them!

 

[Coyote]

Nope.

They started it by running over that poor Druze officer dead.

So a few Muslims were slightly injured by a grenade. Most of them are out of danger anywahy.

Can't say that about the poor Druze who was murdered, now, can I?

No one was killed in this incident.

A Muslim resident arrived by vehicle to a gathering, where witnesses claimed he attempted to run over the Druze residents, who pulled him out of the car and severely beat him. A fragmentation grenade was thrown into the crowd, wounding dozens of residents. Eyewitnesses claimed a Druze man had thrown the grenade.
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This incident has nothing to do with a Terrorist attack on a Druze officer.

So you approve of fragmentation grenades being thrown into a crowd of innocent people. Simply - wow. I guess it's ok to commit terrorist acts against some innocent civilians in your book.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

No one was killed in this incident.

A Muslim resident arrived by vehicle to a gathering, where witnesses claimed he attempted to run over the Druze residents, who pulled him out of the car and severely beat him. A fragmentation grenade was thrown into the crowd, wounding dozens of residents. Eyewitnesses claimed a Druze man had thrown the grenade.
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This incident has nothing to do with a Terrorist attack on a Druze officer.

So you approve of fragmentation grenades being thrown into a crowd of innocent people. Simply - wow. I guess it's ok to commit terrorist acts against some innocent civilians in your book.

Time and time again you have supported the terrorism of your islamist cohorts by trying to blur the distinction between freedom fighting and terrorism.

Your hypocrisy is repulsive.

 

[Coyote]

A bit more information: 41 injured in Druze-Muslim brawl in northern Israel - National Israel News Haaretz

Medical teams rushed nine people with serious to moderate wounds, probably incurred from a hand grenade explosion, to the Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya. At least 28 others, suffering from light to moderate injuries, were rushed to the same hospital. Extra police units and a helicopter were scrambled to the scene in Abu Snan. As of last night, 20 people remained hospitalized.


Dr. Zvi Sheleg, assistant director of the Nahariya hospital, said yesterday the hospital assumed a mass-injury event footing immediately after it received word about the large number of injured people, and that during Friday night one patient was transferred to Rambam Medical Center, Haifa. According to Dr. Sheleg, the transfer was made to reduce friction, as the injured man was serving in the police.


Tension between Druze and Muslims has been mounting in recent weeks, especially following the deaths of Arab Israeli youth Khayr al-Din al-Hamdan, who was shot by police in Kafr Kana last weekend, and Border Police officer Jadan Assad, from the Druze town of Beit Jann, who was killed in a terror attack in Jerusalem. Many Druze serve in the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police.
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So I was wrong about it having nothing to do with the attack on the Druze officer. However, that is no excuse to attack innocent people with a grenade unless you are a hypocrite. It was more than just a few "muslims slightly injured" that you are making excuses for.

 

[Coyote]

No one was killed in this incident.

A Muslim resident arrived by vehicle to a gathering, where witnesses claimed he attempted to run over the Druze residents, who pulled him out of the car and severely beat him. A fragmentation grenade was thrown into the crowd, wounding dozens of residents. Eyewitnesses claimed a Druze man had thrown the grenade.
​

This incident has nothing to do with a Terrorist attack on a Druze officer.

So you approve of fragmentation grenades being thrown into a crowd of innocent people. Simply - wow. I guess it's ok to commit terrorist acts against some innocent civilians in your book.

Time and time again you have supported the terrorism of your islamist cohorts by trying to blur the distinction between freedom fighting and terrorism.

Your hypocrisy is repulsive.

That's because there usually isn't much distinction and people like you, who claim to support "freedom fighters" should just man up and admit that they are usually (not always) terrorists. Be honest and admit you support terrorism when it's for your side.

I don't.

 

[Lipush]

Nope.

They started it by running over that poor Druze officer dead.

So a few Muslims were slightly injured by a grenade. Most of them are out of danger anywahy.

Can't say that about the poor Druze who was murdered, now, can I?

No one was killed in this incident.

A Muslim resident arrived by vehicle to a gathering, where witnesses claimed he attempted to run over the Druze residents, who pulled him out of the car and severely beat him. A fragmentation grenade was thrown into the crowd, wounding dozens of residents. Eyewitnesses claimed a Druze man had thrown the grenade.
​

This incident has nothing to do with a Terrorist attack on a Druze officer.

So you approve of fragmentation grenades being thrown into a crowd of innocent people. Simply - wow. I guess it's ok to commit terrorist acts against some innocent civilians in your book.

I'm not talking about THIS incident, I'm talking about the officer they ran over in Jerusalem in the last terror attack. A good Druze man who was dedicated to ensure the life and security of Jerusalem, and was killed in line of duty.

THAT gets my sympathy, not the Muslim thugs of Abu-Snan. If they were not so pig-headed about making life hell on whoever they possibly can in this country, things would have worked out differently.

Throwing that grenade was obviously stupid, if it was indeed done by Druze. But bottom line is, if the feud is between Druze people and Muslims, then the Druze community automatically gets our support. Because they're our brothers, they're in peace with us, and they wish us no harm.

All the rest is rubbish.

 

[Coyote]

Nope.

They started it by running over that poor Druze officer dead.

So a few Muslims were slightly injured by a grenade. Most of them are out of danger anywahy.

Can't say that about the poor Druze who was murdered, now, can I?

No one was killed in this incident.

A Muslim resident arrived by vehicle to a gathering, where witnesses claimed he attempted to run over the Druze residents, who pulled him out of the car and severely beat him. A fragmentation grenade was thrown into the crowd, wounding dozens of residents. Eyewitnesses claimed a Druze man had thrown the grenade.
​

This incident has nothing to do with a Terrorist attack on a Druze officer.

So you approve of fragmentation grenades being thrown into a crowd of innocent people. Simply - wow. I guess it's ok to commit terrorist acts against some innocent civilians in your book.

I'm not talking about THIS incident, I'm talking about the officer they ran over in Jerusalem in the last terror attack. A good Druze man who was dedicated to ensure the life and security of Jerusalem, and was killed in line of duty.

THAT gets my sympathy, not the Muslim thugs of Abu-Snan. If they were not so pig-headed about making life hell on whoever they possibly can in this country, things would have worked out differently.

Throwing that grenade was obviously stupid, if it was indeed done by Druze. But bottom line is, if the feud is between Druze people and Muslims, then the Druze community automatically gets our support. Because they're our brothers, they're in peace with us, and they wish us no harm.

All the rest is rubbish.

So Israeli Muslims aren't your "brothers"? They aren't in peace with you?

 

[Lipush]

Nope.

They started it by running over that poor Druze officer dead.

So a few Muslims were slightly injured by a grenade. Most of them are out of danger anywahy.

Can't say that about the poor Druze who was murdered, now, can I?

No one was killed in this incident.

A Muslim resident arrived by vehicle to a gathering, where witnesses claimed he attempted to run over the Druze residents, who pulled him out of the car and severely beat him. A fragmentation grenade was thrown into the crowd, wounding dozens of residents. Eyewitnesses claimed a Druze man had thrown the grenade.
​

This incident has nothing to do with a Terrorist attack on a Druze officer.

So you approve of fragmentation grenades being thrown into a crowd of innocent people. Simply - wow. I guess it's ok to commit terrorist acts against some innocent civilians in your book.

I'm not talking about THIS incident, I'm talking about the officer they ran over in Jerusalem in the last terror attack. A good Druze man who was dedicated to ensure the life and security of Jerusalem, and was killed in line of duty.

THAT gets my sympathy, not the Muslim thugs of Abu-Snan. If they were not so pig-headed about making life hell on whoever they possibly can in this country, things would have worked out differently.

Throwing that grenade was obviously stupid, if it was indeed done by Druze. But bottom line is, if the feud is between Druze people and Muslims, then the Druze community automatically gets our support. Because they're our brothers, they're in peace with us, and they wish us no harm.

All the rest is rubbish.

So Israeli Muslims aren't your "brothers"? They aren't in peace with you?

It wasn't even weeks ago when I couldn't return home without my car being stoned. And it was in the south, the greenline, not Judea and Samaria.

A guy near Hertzliya was almost lynched after they burned down his car.

If that's having 'peace' with us, then, well, they have a funny way of showing it.