Several hundred Arab Druse living on the Golan Heights demonstrated against Israeli rule and demanded the return of the area to Syria.
A parallel demonstration Wednesday by a similar number of Arabs was held across the border in Syrian territory.
After the protest, the Druse on the Israeli side held a rally in the nearby Druse town of Majdal Shams.
Leaders of the 18,000 Druse living under Israeli rule said this week at a news conference that they wished to return to Syrian rule and that the 32 Jewish settlements with their 15,000 residents on the Golan were “the root of all evil.”
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