{"id":206718,"date":"2024-12-28T15:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-does-the-golan-heights-druze-population-factor-into-israels-plans-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:05:17","slug":"how-does-the-golan-heights-druze-population-factor-into-israels-plans-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-does-the-golan-heights-druze-population-factor-into-israels-plans-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the Golan Heights&#8217; Druze population factor into Israel&#8217;s plans? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/USrRMhq2jgo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How does the Golan Heights' Druze population factor into Israel's plans? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/USrRMhq2jgo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is being welcomed by many in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights \u2014 a border area where some Syrian families have lived separated from loved ones for years. Israel seized the region from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967 and annexed it in 1981. However, the Golan Heights is considered to be occupied under international law. More than 20,000 Druze call the area home, residing primarily in four villages. The Druze are an ethno-religious Arab sect who mainly identify as Syrian while holding Israeli residence cards. Israel has approved plans to expand Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights while its military continues to operate in a demilitarized buffer zone separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied territory. So, how do the Druze factor into Israel&#8217;s plans?<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-election-2025\/t-70794502<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is being welcomed by many in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights \u2014 a border area where some Syrian families have lived separated from loved ones for years. Israel seized the region from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967 and annexed it in 1981. However, the Golan Heights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":206719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[143904,132938,141592],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-206718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-assad","tag-fall","tag-regime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How does the Golan Heights&#039; Druze population factor into Israel&#039;s plans? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch How does the Golan Heights&#039; Druze population factor into Israel&#039;s plans? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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