Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with Sheikh Muafak Tarif, spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, says Netanyahu’s office.
Tarif thanks Netanyahu for his orders to protect the Druze in Syria this week, including last night’s strike on the presidential palace complex in Damascus, says the PMO.
According to the readout, Tarif says the Israeli actions “sent a deterrent message to the Syrian regime regarding Israel’s commitment to the Druze community in Syria.”
After Druze protesters blocked roads in northern Israel last night and into early this morning, Netanyahu tells Tarif that he expects the Druze to respect the law in Israel, as it normally does.
Tarif responds that Druze leaders condemn violence and law-breaking from the protesters, and assures him that the Druze will continue to respect Israel’s laws, according to the PMO.
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