{"id":136643,"date":"2024-12-13T18:08:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136643"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:08:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:08:43","slug":"syrian-druze-in-hader-call-to-join-israel-amid-rising-islamist-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136643","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Druze in Hader call to join Israel amid rising Islamist threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"startBannerSticky\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat\u2019s our fate, our brothers?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p><em>-\u201cIsrael!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Viral videos circulating on social media depicted a gathering of dignitaries from the village of Hader, on the Syrian side of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/golan-heights\">Golan Heights<\/a>, speaking in favor of joining Israel.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">  <\/section>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>In the videos, a dignitary who spoke in front of a crowd of dozens, said: \u201cIn the name of the all the people of Hader, and if anyone objects, please say\u2026 if we have to choose, we will choose the lesser evil \u2013 to be annexed to the (Israeli) Golan!\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The speaker argued that Israel for them is \u2018the lesser evil,\u2019 warning that \u2018the other evil coming our way,\u2019 meaning the Islamist militias, would \u201ctake our wives, our daughters, our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0623\u0647\u0627\u0644\u064a \u062d\u0636\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0631\u0631 \u064a\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0636\u0645\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644 . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eMQBDrLw65\">pic.twitter.com\/eMQBDrLw65<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0645\u0631\u0643\u0632 \u062f\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u062a nidal hamade (@nidalhamade2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nidalhamade2\/status\/1867472421873504384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The speaker continued, arguing he speaks on behalf of several villages in the region: \u201cWe are with those who preserve our dignity\u2026 I don\u2019t mind if anyone is taking pictures or recording \u2013 we ask to be annexed to the Golan\u2026 The fate of Hader is the fate of the surrounding villages, we want to ask to join our kin in the Golan, to be free from injustice and oppression,\u201d to which those present at the convention replied shouting: \u201cWe agree, we agree!\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\"> <\/section>\n<figure class=\"article-image-in-body\"><figcaption class=\"article-image-caption article-image-credit\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"> UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in the State of Israel. (credit: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Fear of retaliation\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>A source from Syria explained to the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em> that, as opposed to the major Druze population concentrations in the Suwayda area, who have protested against the Assad regime for over a decade, these villages in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-833041\">Syrian Golan<\/a> area have remained largely loyal to the now overthrown regime. The source explained that they now fear violent acts of retaliation from other Syrians who were opposed to the Assad regime. They also called on Israel to trust their good intentions, despite their former alignment with Assad.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThese villages were in fact an enclave surrounded by rebel groups, most of them Sunni Islamists,\u201d added Dr. Yusri Khaizran, senior lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Shalem College and a research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>\u201cFor years Israel faced a conflict: on the one hand, it sought to create a certain mechanism of understandings with rebel organizations in the Golan Heights; while on the other hand, Israel\u2019s commitment to the Druze community in Israel prompted it to create a balancing equation, signaling to the Islamists that they will not be allowed to invade the Hader enclave and carry out violent mass massacres against the Druze.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">\n<section class=\"script-3632-container-wrap\">\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"script-3632-container\">\n<div class=\"script-3632-text\">\n<p class=\"script-3632-text-first\">Stay updated with the latest news!<\/p>\n<p class=\"script-3632-text-second\">Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p>Khaizran holds that the convention in Hader, in which the Druze dignitaries called to be annexed to Israel, stems from what he deemed the \u2018falling apart of Syria.\u2019 Even if it remains a state framework, Syria will de facto be subject to the control of militias, and I assume this comes in this context,\u201d he explained, adding that Israel\u2019s expanded military presence in the area and some family relations between the Druze on both sides of the Golan Heights may have also worked as a catalysator for this meeting.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThe Druze were never an anti-Israeli actor. In Hader they know very well that the one who prevented rebels from entering their towns and \u2018settling the score\u2019 was Israel, and that this was made out of Israel&#8217;s commitment to the Druze community here,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Khaizran continued: \u201cStrikingly, the Druze community in Israel is the smallest of the Druze communities in the Middle East, yet it has essentially become the shield of the Druze, a center of gravity that can provide assistance to the Druze in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\"> <\/section>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/israels-druze-community\">Israeli Druze community<\/a> has contributed much to the resilience of the Druze community in Syria, through their special status in Israel,\u201d Khaizran highlighted. \u201cWe are constantly seeing the spiritual leadership of the Druze community in Israel, led by Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif, making efforts to defend and support their kin through various channels,\u201d he added, referring to meetings Tarif has held in the past weeks with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, and even the ruler of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Regarding the question of what political framework the Druze in Syria are aspiring for, Khaizran commented: \u201cSome in Israel have envisioned a Druze state, but I believe that their aspirations are more toward a pattern of complete autonomy, as was the case until 1954. What\u2019s more important for them is to deny the Islamist forces from entering their areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Khaizran concluded: \u201cRecent developments, from the fall of the Assad regime to the decimation of Hezbollah, are certainly in Israel\u2019s favor. 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