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Source: http://www.jta.org/2016/07/29/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/golan-druze-leader-disputes-un-statement-on-hardship-of-israeli-occupation

Golan Druze Leader Disputes UN on "Hardship of Israeli Occupation"

(JTA) Dulan abu-Saleh, the mayor of Majdal Shams, the largest Druze town in the Golan, told Makor Rishon that the UNESCO statement earlier this month on "economic and social repercussions...in the occupied Syrian Golan" was "a total joke." Druze in the Golan "don't serve in the IDF and so far are only receiving from the state....Golan residents have a good life....When we build and make up plans we never felt discrimination. On the contrary, we always found an attentive ear."

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