Golan Druze: What 'Israeli occupation'?
Dulan abu-Saleh, the mayor of Majdal Shams, the largest Druze town in the Golan, told the Makor Rishon newspaper that the U.N. Economic and Social Council’s recent statement on the area was “a total joke,” the daily reported Friday.
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Abu-Saleh objected to the inclusion of his native area in the U.N. panel’s statement earlier this month, which said that “economic and social repercussions of the occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan.”
“I don’t understand what they’re talking about, it’s laughable,” abu-Saleh said. Druze in the Golan “don’t serve in the IDF and so far are only receiving from the state.”
Referencing the war in Syria, he said: “Why don’t they condemn the horrors in Syria, where dozens of children are killed daily? Golan residents have a good life.”
He also said: “Although we weren’t included in some major cabinet decisions on budgets, when we build and make up plans we never felt discrimination. On the contrary, we always found an attentive ear.”
Prior to the eruption in 2011 of a civil war in Syria, only 1,700 of the Golan’s Druze claimed Israeli citizenship offered to them. Hundreds have applied since then.And Abu-Saleh is not a lone voice.
Karim Batkhish, a resident of the town of Masaada, is quoted as saying: “The war in Syria is irrelevant to us. Some may say they support [Syrian President Bashar] Assad but it’s a lie to show Syria we’re with them. They’re lying, no one wants to see Syria here.”That kind of matches the 'Palestinian' experience under 'occupation' in Jerusalem, doesn't it?
You don't think the UN would lie, do you?
Labels: Druze, Golan Heights, Jerusalem, Majdal Shams, occupation, United Nations
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:28 PM
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The UN is headquartered at Turtle Bey.
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