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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/10/24/golan-heights-syrians/1651883/
More Golan Druze Seek Israeli Citizenship
(USA Today) Ruth Eglash - After the Golan Heights was annexed by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967, its 20,000 Druze residents living in four villages still considered themselves Syrians - but that may be changing. As they watch the regime of Bashar Assad slaughter 30,000 people to maintain power, there has been a rise in the number of those requesting Israeli citizenship. Elsewhere in Israel, residents of Druze communities are full Israeli citizens who serve in the Israel Defense Forces.