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The tension between Druze and Muslims in Israel has never been expressed as severely and violently as was the case in the village of Abu Snan on Nov. 15. In fact, most Israeli Jews were not even aware of the tremendous animosity that divides the Israeli Druze citizens and the Muslim Arab-Israelis. That all changed with a massive altercation in which about 40 youths were injured, one of whom is in critical condition and eight in serious condition.
Many of those injured in the incident are Muslim and Druze students from the town’s high school. They quarreled on the backdrop of the security tensions prevailing in Israel in recent weeks, and the question of loyalty to the country — an issue that divides Arab society.
