http://www.timesofisrael.com/druze-leaders-ask-israel-to-take-in-syrian-coreligionists/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=6df6b8d39c-2013_06_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-6df6b8d39c-54443077
The Druze are an off-shoot of Shi'a Islam. They have a long history and have often been repressed by especially Sunni Muslims as apostates. Israel already has a substantial Druze community. They are considered loyal, hold Israeli citizenship, and are subject to the compulsory service. I recall that a Druze at one point was the Israeli consul in Atlanta.
No doubt they are alarmed by the increasingly sectarian nature of the Syrian civil war.
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