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Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 01:35 24/10/2007 Assad orders Syrian ID cards be issued for Druze of the Golan By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Syrian President Bashar Assad has ordered Syrian identification numbers and cards be issued for Druze residents of the Golan Heights. The Syrian news agency Sana reported on Tuesday that Assad's directive comes in order to "emphasize the belonging of the Syrian residents of the Golan Heights to the Syrian motherland." The move comes as part of a series of steps Damascus has taken to assert its claim on the Golan Heights, including visits by religious figures and students from the Golan, the crossing of brides from the Golan into Syria and the export of apples grown by Druze farmers in the Golan. Israeli law allows Druze residents of the Golan to apply for Israeli citizenship, but a vast majority have chosen not to do so, and hold permanent residency status instead. The Syrian press statement said that the Golan residents "rejected Israeli citizenship, a move for which they have greatly sacrificed," and that the objective of the new move is to help ease their suffering. Related articles: Druze women protest in call to open Golan border crossing Druze bride crosses from Israel into Syria for wedding, never to return Bookmark to del.icio.us For their grandparents Many young Israelis are joining groups to honor their grandparents' pre-Shoah communities. Something fishy here... Amnon Levy's candid camera show catches frozen fish importer adjusting sell-by dates.   1.   ID cards 22:18  |  Shmuelshachor 23/10/07   2.   Israel`s Response Should Be 22:19  |  Brad 23/10/07   3.   Why not a Middle East ID card 23:01  |  realist 23/10/07   4.   # 1 it is not about labeling the land 23:13  |  Kevin 23/10/07   5.   ASSAD THE UNELECTED SYRIAN DESPOT 23:23  |  C.Reehah 23/10/07   6.   If they`re Syrians 23:47  |  Gee 23/10/07   7.   Israel`s response should be 00:36  |  Edifice 24/10/07   8.   How do they plan to get ID cards to Arabs in Golan? 01:42  |  Efox 24/10/07   9.   Bashar Al Wahsh-The Beast (changed not long ago to Al Assad-Lion) 01:48  |  Genuine Tosefta 24/10/07   10.   1,2&3,israel already took too much;jews from these countries 02:06  |  lakshmi 24/10/07   11.   #3, it`s officialy still syrian edifice 02:12  |  VIPER 24/10/07   12.   Israel is living in borrowed times 03:20  |  Hyporicy Monitor 24/10/07   13.   syria 03:44  |  danny 24/10/07   14.   Poor Druze... 03:45  |  Adrian Magendzo 24/10/07   15.   Syria did what with the Golan? 04:03  |  Shafrir Yisraeli 24/10/07   16.   #8 04:08  |  danny 24/10/07   17.   Assad = Stupidity 04:10  |  Steven 24/10/07   18.   The Golan Heights is part of Syria 04:37  |  Harold 24/10/07   19.   Golan Heights 04:44  |  Rivka 24/10/07   20.   Peace 04:49  |  Brenda 24/10/07   21.   harold 06:24  |  Brad 24/10/07   22.   #8 23:02  |  Moshe 25/10/07

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