Sick and injured Druze in Syria have been looking to enter Israel for medical treatment almost on a daily basis, Boaz Yosef, chairman of the Population and Immigration Authority, told KAN News on Monday, adding that he is approving their requests almost every day.
"We are demonstrating a great deal of solidarity, and enabling the Druze to live their lives properly, as much as we can do from a distance," he explained.
Yosef also said that Israel felt it was among the groups handling the situation with the Druze in Syria, saying that "the Druze communities in the Golan are already integrating with us."
A security source told Walla last month that Israel is concerned that operatives acting on behalf of the Syrian regime intend to renew attacks against the Druze population in the Sweida province of southern Syria.
The security source told Walla that Israel is monitoring developments in Syria around the clock and has no intention of easing the Israeli government's policy of assisting the Druze against any attempts to carry out massacres or abductions by operatives acting on behalf of the Syrian regime, including Bedouin factions coordinated with Syrian security agencies, or by regime personnel directly.
Druze community faces online hate after Israeli election
Last week, a FakeReporter report also found that the Druze community has faced more than double the amount of violent and incendiary discourse on Israeli social media since the elections last month.
FakeReporter found that online hate speech against the Druze increased by 106% from Election Day until October 30, when activity peaked because some right-wing conspiracists began pushing claims that Arab voters stole the election.
Corinne Baum contributed to this report.