I understand the Jewish State’s reluctance to get involved.
This is an incredible dilemma for them, the Druze have been one of the most stalwart loyal Arab allies they’ve got, and their brethern are fighting the IslamoNazis in Syria, of which the latter would love to drag in the Jews into the conflict for PR purposes.
Israeli Druze, alarmed by brethren’s plight in Syria, ask Jewish state to help, offer to fight
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In this photo taken on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, a young member of the Druze minority watches the fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels in the Druze village of Khader in Syria, from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Members of Israel’s Druze minority are concerned about their brethren in Syria. Now, they are asking Israel to help the Druze in Syria, even offering to go fight there if needed. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (The Associated Press)
DALIYAT AL-KARMEL, Israel – Members of Israel’s Druze minority, long among the Jewish state’s most loyal citizens, have become increasingly concerned about the plight of their beleaguered brethren in neighboring Syria. Now, they are asking the state of Israel to help their fellow Druze next door — and some are even offering to go fight in Syria if needed.
Israel has been careful to stay out of the four-year-old Syrian civil war and the Syrian Druze have themselves mostly avoided involvement.
But after al-Qaida-linked militants earlier this month brutally killed as many as 20 Druze in what amounted to the deadliest violence against members of the small Arab sect since the Syrian conflict started in March 2011, Israel finds itself under increasing internal pressure to act. That would have the extraordinary outcome of having Israel intervene on behalf of a group perceived as loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.
The plight of Syria’s Druze — and Israel’s dilemma over possible involvement — adds another complicated layer to the mayhem of rapidly disintegrating Syria.
