The Israeli shelling hit in the vicinity of the presidential palace. The Israelis are calling it a warning shot, saying that the Syrian government needs to protect the Druze community.
But that’s actually been met with cynicism from senior Druze leaders, saying they actually don’t need Israel’s to help protect us, we can do this on our own, we are Syrians and we are going to deal with this in-house.
In Israel, the Druze community is very much discriminated against by the Israeli government. Their villages have been destroyed inside Israel to make way for Jewish settlements. So, it’s not like anybody is seeing Netanyahu’s words as now being the champion of the Druze leadership.
We have a new statement from the president’s office which strongly condemns the shelling by the Israelis, which constitutes a dangerous escalation of the state and its institution.
Intense negotiations have been taking place between the Syrian Druze community and the government and this has now led to a calming of tensions.
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Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reporting from Damascus, Syria
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