Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 12/15 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16. Mai – 30. Juni Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Die drusische Gemeinschaft in Israel bangt um das Schicksal der Drusen in Syrien...................................... 1 2. Michael Oren kritisiert Obama.......................................................................................................................... 2 3. Kulturstreit........................................................................................................................................................ 4 4. Medienquerschnitt............................................................................................................................................ 6 1. Die drusische Gemeinschaft in Israel bangt um das Schicksal der Drusen in Syrien Die in Israel lebenden Drusen sorgen sich um das Schicksal ihrer Glaubensbrüder und-schwestern in Syrien. Vier Jahre lang hielt sich die Religions­gemeinschaft aus dem syrischen Bürgerkrieg heraus, bis Milizen der Nusra-Front in der syrischen Provinz Idlib ein Blutbad anrichteten und mindestens 20 Drusen töteten. Demonstranten auf den Golanhöhen riefen dazu auf, die syrischen Drusen im Kampf gegen die Islamisten zu unterstützen. Aus Zorn darüber, dass, wie sie behaupten, verletzte Rebellen der Nusra-Front in israelischen Kranken­häusern behandelt werden, stoppten aufgebrachte Drusen an der Grenze einen Krankenwagen und lynchten den hilflosen Mann. Blood covenant The Druse are in danger and Israel has an obliga­tion to help them.(…) The Druse population in Israel – not including the Druse who live on the Golan Heights – have consistently been loyal to Israel.(…) The Druse, bitterly aware of what it means to be a persecuted religious minority, seem themselves as having a“blood covenant” with the Jews of Israel. (…) Those Druse in Syria and Lebanon who remain antagonistic toward Israel do so more out of a need for self-preservation than an identification with the anti-Semitism that surrounds them in much of the Muslim world.(…) As an embattled religious minor i­ty living in the Middle East, the Jews of Israel are the natural allies of other groups such as Yazidis, Kurds, Baha’is, and Christians. But the ties between the Druse and Israel are unique and strong. Perhaps one day after the complete disintegration of Syria, a Druse state or autonomous region will be created after previous attempts in 1921 and in 1967 failed. Such a state, which Israel should help to create, would be a natural ally.(…) Israel has an obligation to use all means at its disposal to protect Druse from murderous extremist Muslims. We must remember that, if not for the Jewish state’s military might, au g­mented by the contribution of the Druse, these same fanatics, given the chance, would treat Jews no better(…). Editorial, JPO, 18.06.15 Quiet in the Golan, for now The IDF was forced on Wednesday to respond to media reports of major drama taking place just across the border in the Golan Heights. The border is quiet, IDF officials explained, and there is no real danger to the Druze in Syria, so hysteria is not nec­essary. It would have been better, however, if the words"for now" had been added to the end of these statements.(…) Events in Syria are driven by their own dynamics, and they may develop in ways dif­ferent from what Israeli officials expect(…). The IDF knows the situation could change rapidly, and it is making the requisite preparations. While the State 1