Six Druze villages, in the portion of the Golan Heights occupied by what was formerly Syria, have reportedly decided to request that Israel annex their village.

Many have family and friends in the many existing and very successful Druze communities in Israel, where they enjoy the benefits of citizenship, including civil rights, freedom of speech and religion and equal protection under the law. Is it any wonder that they would like to join them and become a part of Israel?

If Israel accepts this proposal, then the US and other nations should approach the matter with moral clarity and rightly support such a union. To do otherwise is to abandon the residents of these innocent Druze villages to possible annihilation by their enemies in post-Assad Syria.