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Golan Heights Druze celebrate independence day

Druze residents of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad

Druze residents of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

Druze residents of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

Druze residents of the the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

Druze residents of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

Druze residents of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

Druze residents of the the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

Druze residents of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

Druze residents of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hold Syrian flags and portraits of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally on April 17, 2012, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the border between Israel and Syria, as they mark Syrian Independence Day. (Getty Images)

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