Source: Reuters
By Stephen Farrell, Suleiman Al-Khalidi
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (Reuters) – Hundreds of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags, gathered outside the gates of a polling station on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, trying to block their townspeople from voting in municipal elections.
An Israeli policeman talks with a Druze protester outside a polling station in Majdal Shams, October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Israeli police wearing helmets cleared a path for would-be voters outside the balloting center in Majdal Shams. As protesters continued to prevent people from entering, police fired teargas to disperse the crowd. No one was hurt or arrested.
The town is the largest Druze community in the area of mountainous plateau that Israel captured from Syria in a 1967 war, unilaterally annexing it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally.
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