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We travelled to a Druze village just two and a half kilometres from the Lebanese border, a community that refused to evacuate even as rockets rained down when the war began.

These villagers stayed put, proudly flying both the Israeli and Druze flags from every lamp post. Their loyalty runs deep ... not just in words, but in sacrifice. Thirteen members of this small community have been killed defending Israel.

During our visit, we met a 19-year-old law student who put it simply: “I’m ready to die for my country and fight with my Jewish people.” When asked why, he said, “They gave us all the rights to be in the army and the state itself. We live like normal guys.” He told me he’d never felt discriminated against for being Druze.

That answer alone should make a lot of people in the West think twice. We’re constantly told by media reports that Israel is an “ethno-state” that discriminates against non-Jews — but on the ground, it’s impossible to deny the reality.

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In the military cemetery, we saw graves of fallen Druze, Christians and Muslims who served in the Israel Defence Forces. One of them, Mahmoud Khir al-Din, a Druze officer in an elite undercover unit, was awarded the Medal of Honour after being killed in Gaza.

We heard how minorities in Israel can rise to the highest positions — from Supreme Court justices like Khaled Kabob to top generals. “There is no legal limitation to be Prime Minister,” we were told. Compare that to the surrounding countries, where Jews were expelled or slaughtered and where not a single Jew today could dream of holding office.

Later, we spoke with a Druze lawyer and former soldier who spoke about the shocking genocide of Druze and Christians in Syria, a tragedy largely ignored by Western governments who still shake hands with Bashar al-Assad.

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