Villagers Caught Between Conflicts: The War Next Door (Part 4)

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9 жыл бұрын

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In August, al Nusra Front jihadists took control of Syria’s side of the border crossing with Israel and kidnapped over 40 United Nations peacekeepers - who have since been released.
But al Nusra Front, an al Qaeda-affiliate, isn’t Israel’s only threat from Syria. President Bashar al-Assad’s military, in a possible effort to bait Israel into its civil war to shore up Arab sympathies, has been lobbing mortars across the border. Just a few weeks ago, the Israeli military shot down a Syrian plane flying over the Golan Heights - the first time it has done so since the 1980s.
In part four of a five-part series, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky meets the group caught in the middle of the conflict across the border - the Druze of the Majdal Shams village.
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Read "Video Shows Israeli Drone Reportedly Downed in Syria" - bit.ly/1xEpRAv
Read "Why Saudi Arabia is Picking Up Lebanon’s $3 Billion Weapons Tab" - bit.ly/13IJwmj
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@eladgariany 9 жыл бұрын

Simon, are those fence questions are for real? This is a boarder between 2 countries with no peace agreements. On the other side of this fence, one of the most horrible civil war in modern history is happening. What did you expect? FREE HUGS signs???

@eaglesfanone 9 жыл бұрын

I got a feeling from the "trailer" that this series was supposed to profile how life is in Israel with a brutal civil war going on right at its borders, not politicizing things like continuously referring to the Golan as "occupied", showing Israelis as emotionless to the civil war, making Israelis look militaristic, and making it seem that people are being "oppressed" within Israel. This whole series smells of being scripted with the trip to Israel being necessary only because they needed to capture some video.

@uegvdczuVF 9 жыл бұрын

Yes, after reading the title i acctualy expected reports about "Islamist militants on Israel's doorstep". Silly me... This part is worst of them all, more propaganda than information...

@bedrantje 9 жыл бұрын

Shut up zionist jew illuminati

@rawanalqahtani9814 9 жыл бұрын

Golan is Occupied it's a fact!

@John_Jim 9 жыл бұрын

Well bloody hell, officially it is "occupied" whether you like it or not. It's really that simple!

@eaglesfanone 9 жыл бұрын

wassuup gahh, darn, ya ruined my day

@baronnuuke7821 9 жыл бұрын

What new fence ? What occupation ? I am Israeli and i served there in the border, all the soldiers mostly train or are doing patrols on the border. It is sometimes even forbidden to enter the villages, because there is no reason for the army to be there. We occupy nobody there. The Druzes all have Israeli citizenship and can work, learn and do whatever they want like every Israeli citizen in all the country. This is NOT Palestinian territories. The fence is here and was here since ages. The new thing about it is it became electronic and more sophisticated. But trust me, even if you remove completely the fence, you still have 50 years of landmines, anti tank mines, and anti-tank trenches all over the border. So stop the crap and do some research. BTW, i love druzes and their culture is one of the most intriguing of the middle east. also they are mostly good people, and always enjoyed a good talk with them when i was patroling on the border back then.

@midnightdl 9 жыл бұрын

check UN resolution 497, know the facts. And yes, the Druze and everyone in the Golan Heights will be better off if that area stays occupied - apparently more and more are applying for citizenship. That might be a way to a solid solution.

@baronnuuke7821 9 жыл бұрын

nilsca I know the UN doesn't recognize the annexation. My point was it is not occupied the same way West Bank is, because the population are under Israeli law and the Druzes doesn't care if they have to live in Israel or Syria. They are normal people who just want a quiet place with no wars, dictatorships or chemical attacks.

@priscillas7250 9 жыл бұрын

Very heartbreaking

@arimoff 9 жыл бұрын

The Golan heights is not an occupied territory .

@iraAlbucher 9 жыл бұрын

Great Story. We would never know by listening to the local media. Thanks!

@norsie45 9 жыл бұрын

no terriroties that used to belong to kingdom of israel/judea are occupied, including the golan heights, in 1967 the heights were liberated, not conquered.

@MM-gv9jk 9 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@rawanalqahtani9814 9 жыл бұрын

lol and you get that from your book of fantasy! Golan is occupied by Israel, it's a fact!

@MM-gv9jk 9 жыл бұрын

raw alq J

@MM-gv9jk 9 жыл бұрын

raw alq Y

@asdfprototype8911 9 жыл бұрын

Mea Maa u filthy fuck .. u never won a war .. u just buy it already .. because of our fucked up rulers that they just wanted to stay in rules .. but it all gonna change and that what your father(uncle sam) is so worried about ..

@Vandoren333 9 жыл бұрын

I really don't get question about the fence.So here we have druze village and on other side is civil war with a lot jihadi terrorists who see both jews and druze as enemies,so how this fence even from druze point of view can be bad thing?

@tomerza 9 жыл бұрын

Hey guys i have a friend that was in the I.D.F. and he saw people on the other side Egypt crying for food and water and my friends as a soldier went to help them... and guess what??? he was murdered b/c he was a Jew... we try to help every one... in Turkey we used to help in earthquakes, we offered help in pakistan, we were the first and the only one out of 2 hospitals that we built in the Bahamas after the huriccane, i have a friend that went to help in the far east after the title wave... by the way i never hear about the much richer countries around us like Qatar help them, even though i know they buy football clubs in the millions and support terror and build amazing buildings

@thrb41 9 жыл бұрын

The links to parts in description doesn't work.

@Waithuhh 9 жыл бұрын

She doesn't know why they built the fence, but was just talking how her syrian soldier nephew was abducted by I assume Al Nursa. Its called having security, if anyone should understand why its there, it should be her.

@hornetpride1 9 жыл бұрын

Anybody know the name of the wedding song?

@cloudygrl6 9 жыл бұрын

5:07 am sure lol

@KipperClopper 9 жыл бұрын

What did he say, i could not understand. Did he say drews?

@justletuslive 9 жыл бұрын

its not ma-jd alshams.. Its mej-dal el shams :)

@justletuslive 9 жыл бұрын

it wast until recently easily for syrians in the golan to enter syria, from 1967- till 1998/2000 it was difficult, the one that made it possible was azmi bishara: At the time a politician in the knesset exiled since 2007 living in qatar nowdays and works for al jazeera and now a major critic of assad.

@about30llamas 9 жыл бұрын

wow i feel so bad for that woman.

@erockstoenescu6171 9 жыл бұрын

Long live Israel! Peace be upon you and God bless! This is my favorite reporter too. Great series.

@VICENews 9 жыл бұрын

In part four of a five-part series, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky meets the group caught in the middle of the conflict across the border - the Druze of the Majdal Shams village. Read "Video Shows Israeli Drone Reportedly Downed in Syria" - bit.ly/1xEpRAv

@Minnie88Ro 9 жыл бұрын

you are a ridiculous news source. so biased what do you mean why build a fence? even you know why but it is super hard for you to be just a little sympathetic to Israel

@Gaelztorm 9 жыл бұрын

***** I was going to 1 up you till you said "scummy nation". No need for that talk. but your totally right that its up to the viewers to decide and not the "news" to decide for you. Vice is the best reporting we got.

@tripletease 9 жыл бұрын

***** how can i forget? easy. because i don't think anything is illeagle there. if that is illeagle than so is the whole of us and canada....

@tripletease 9 жыл бұрын

***** Israel did not have fences in 1948 ..survived that :)

@SeanQuinn 9 жыл бұрын

Rina Ro Didn't have fences in 1967 either when they smacked 4 arab countries to death and took the golan heights. Haha. This idiot +Foamrite thinks fences stop tanks I suppose. How typical of an ignorant fool.

@yankeeyankee5 9 жыл бұрын

Ask them if they like life in Israel. I bet they do.

@lorenzohill2600 9 жыл бұрын

VICE always sends some random hipster to report, with little or no understanding of local culture and situation. Why don't they send someone from the region to report on it?

@SuperFunkyfighter 9 жыл бұрын

I'm Arab and I'm against the Palestinian opression but not against Israel. Why? Because Israel won a war and WON that territory, they didn't steal it

@user-yq6dn1cq9r 8 жыл бұрын

+Emin Saadaoui so what is stealing ? it is taking land by force ! and that what happened in 67 when Israel started the war .

@yosefcobersy7239 4 жыл бұрын

جميل المشرقي israel ended the war not started it.

@amichair 9 жыл бұрын

It pisses me off that this woman is crying against the "occupation" and does'nt understand why there is a fence(really? are you an idiot?) yet she openly says she does'nt regret living in our country and having a first world quality of life. I can understand why she's pissed about not being given immediate permit to go to her parents' funeral but the situation is fragile. Also in real life most Druze would not want to be under Syria again.

@breakinparadise 9 жыл бұрын

I have time to watch the whole video, but can someone explain to me, whos the good guy and whos the bad guy in this situation? Who are we rooting for?

@TheWindigomonster 9 жыл бұрын

There's no easy answer to that question.

@0e0l7i 9 жыл бұрын

How can Israel occupy the Golan Heights? Who does the Golan Heights belong to if it is not Israeli territory liberated in 1967? Al Nusra? Assad? ISIS? Russia?

@aagunman 9 жыл бұрын

I dont care about the middle east. I'm just here for the lols :D

@zakkbrown9522 9 жыл бұрын

I wanna be a VICE reporter but I'm only 16 :(

@salahhdin8735 9 жыл бұрын

the game is over back to your getooes where you escaped from !

@Cinnamon535 9 жыл бұрын

Arabs make good food those burritos @1:05 look delicious :)

@jaredknows7090 9 жыл бұрын

But they aren't burritos, though. : / And they aren't Arabs; they're Druze.

@NorthCitySider 9 жыл бұрын

Jared Knows Druze are Arabs.

@jaredknows7090 9 жыл бұрын

Young Lion We're both right. It really depends on who you ask. A Syrian Druze may identify more as an Arab than an Israeli Druze who just identifies as an Israeli Druze.

@AntonAdelson 9 жыл бұрын

Young Lion No they're not!

@yankeeyankee5 9 жыл бұрын

The Golan height aren't occupied, they are Israeli land.

@scriptaman2888 9 жыл бұрын

ahah i love how youtube enables people from the us, europe, the arab world and iran to converge on this thread to throw their (for the most) conspiracist theories, getting more articulated and more far apart the one form the other day by day. so when you people settled who is allied with whom, who is against who, please let me know