Sheikh Amin Tarif, spiritual leader of Israeli Druze, urged the Druze community in Lebanon today not to permit the infiltration of anti-Israel elements into their ranks or into the territory they control in Lebanon. Addressing visitors to his home village of Julis in Galilee, Tarif said Israeli Druze regard themselves as an integral part of Israeli society and any harm done to Israel would be regarded as harming the Druze community.
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