sir, i`m from the newer Christian generation and let me tell you something: we do feel safe AND protected among the Druze. why reopen old wounds when we are closer than ever now? both communities were stupid enough to carry massacres against each other instead of being the obvious allies that we naturally are. I think both communities learned from their past mistakes, and that`s why the level of interaction between between Christians and Druze nowadays is unique and not found among other communities. Go to Rashaya to see what I`m talking about, the town is like 85% Druze 15% Christian and it`s like one big family. On Easter, even Druze from Hasbaya come to celebrate with their Christian brothers. it`s beautiful.
The Druze moved on, LF Christians moved on and even FPMers from the South moved on. Its only some out-of-touch FPMers from Kesserwan (who probably don`t even know many Druze) who still resent the Druze, and think think they are evil Muslims who are out there to kill Christians, when 1) they are not even Muslims and 2) the Christian-Druze conflict was one of power and land, not religion.
Let me tell you two stories:
When ISIS came to Sweida, do you know one of the first things the Druze did? They hid and secured the Christian minority. That`s why no Christian was abducted or killed during the attacks. They did that knowing that according to ISIS` islamic extremist ideology the Druze should be completely genocided, because to them they are the most perverted heretics, while Christians as `people of the book` would be `spared` if paid jizya or converted. But they knew that the pure and pious Orthodox Christians of Sweida would never convert even with a gun on their heads, so they chose to ensure Christians` safety before their own, because they knew that as a small minority the Christians could easily be exterminated from Sweida. a Christian from Sweida who told me all of this.
I know the affected personally in this next one. Two young Christian siblings from the mixed Christian-Druze town of Hammana lost their parents in a tragic accident and had no one to take care of them. So a religious Druze family took them in for some time and comforted them until their other relatives were able to take them. The Druze woman, who wears the white Druze veil, check on and visits the Christian kids till today.