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Israel is the primary beneficiary of what’s happening in Suwayda. It is using the security vacuum to incite divisions and push some communities toward seeking protection,’ Sheikh Sami Abil-Mona tells
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Druze Leader Shames Israel, Rejects 'Protection' Offer, Slams Netanyahu For Syria 'War'LebanonAs Israel claimed to target Syria in defence of the Druze minority, powerful Druze voices have pushed back. Sheikh Sami Abi al-Muna, Lebanon's spiritual Druze leader, called Israel's "protection" both harmful to Druze history.
Ahmed al-Sharaa spoke after Israel said it would destroy government forces it accused of attacking Druze in Syria.
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Naharnet on MSNLebanon's Druze spiritual leader rejects Israeli interference in SyriaThe spiritual leader of the Druze community in Lebanon, Sheikh Sami Abi al-Muna, said at a gathering of Druze officials in Beirut that sectarian clashes in Syria “give an excuse for Israeli intervention and for blowing up the situation in the region.
Syria should not be allowed back into the international community unless it is able to uphold protections for the Druze and its other minority groups, Israel has said.
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Al-Monitor on MSNOverseas Syrians protest in London and Paris against killings of Druze in SweidaMembers of Syrian minority communities gather in French, UK capitals to demand international intervention to stop bloodshed; 'It's like ethnic cleansing,' says one protester