A battle for hearts and minds is waging in the Golan Heights. And Israel is winning
Get email notification for articles from Amos Harel Follow Apr. 23, 2021 6:05 AM The IDF this week set up a tank park in the northern Golan Heights, near Birkat Ram lake. This is routine activity as part of the army’s ties with the Israeli public, augmented in connection with Memorial Day and Independence Day. This time, however, the experience of climbing on tanks is meant to attract a different crowd: the Druze of the Golan Heights. Relations between the Golan Druze and the state are becoming ever closer. The Syrian civil war, with the horrific massacres perpetrated by the regime against...