A four-day strike by Golan Druze, protesting the imposition of Israeli law on the area, ended Sunday, but the atmosphere in the four villages in which the nearly 13,000 Golan Druze are concentrated remains tense. Religious leaders have imposed sanctions against the minority of Druze who support the Israeli move. One villager was barred from attending his mother’s funeral by religious leaders who said he was being excommunicated because of his support for Israel which made him a traitor to the Druze cause.
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