Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Majdal Shams attack" in English language version.
Omar Baddar, a Middle East political analyst, says he believes the rocket attack on the Golan Heights was "almost certainly an accident", regardless of who was responsible for it.
Most Druze there identify as Syrian and have rejected offers of Israeli citizenship. The Regional Council of Majdal Shams said Sunday that none of the 12 children killed had Israeli citizenship.
a rocket attack over the weekend . . that killed a dozen Syrian children and young adults in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Netanyahu spoke to the media, condemning the attack that killed 'Israeli citizens,' referring to the deceased as 'our children.' But contrary to Netanyahu's attempt to portray the attack as an attack on Israel, he and Smotrich were met with indignation by hundreds of angry mourners who kicked the politicians out, calling them 'murderers' and other expletives on their way out. Across international mainstream media, the people of Majdal Shams have been referred to as everything from 'Druze Arabs,' to 'Druze Israelis,' and their town has been referenced both by the media and by Israeli politicians as just another 'Israeli' town. Similar to Netanyahu's reference to 'our children,' these titles and designations obscure the national identity of the Druze people who live in the occupied Golan Heights and their political reality. Saturday's killing of the 12 Syrian children in the Golan . . .
Omar Baddar, a Middle East political analyst, says he believes the rocket attack on the Golan Heights was "almost certainly an accident", regardless of who was responsible for it.
