The Druze are right to mistrust Syria’s new leader, al-Sharaa, after experiencing violence under his rule before he ousted Bashar al-Assad, former Israeli Minister and first Druze Minister Salah Tarif says. #Syria
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00:00You were the first Druze minister in Israel.
00:04What do you make of the integration agreement
00:08and could accepting it be seen as declining Israel's support?
00:13First of all, thank you for having me now.
00:16I was the first Israeli, not only Druze, but Arab minister in the Israeli cabinet.
00:22Then about what's happening in Syria, the situation is something else, you know.
00:28All the world is watching what's happening in Syria,
00:31and more the Druze and other minorities.
00:36We had a bad experience, really, because Mr. Joulani, Mr. Rashara,
00:42have been dominating the area of Idlib,
00:46and 18 Druze villages have been demolished,
00:51and young people and families run away
00:56and flee to Turkey and to Europe,
00:59because they are Druze, not something else.
01:02The Druze in Syria have a history,
01:06history for the independence of this state,
01:10and they have a feeling belonging to this country.
01:15So they have the right now to be suspicious.
01:19We are watching.
01:22Now in Israel, they are our brothers and our relatives, you know.
01:27Druze are committed to their lands, to their country.