Progressive Socialist party leader MP Walid Jumblatt along with MPs Wael Abou Faour and Marwan Hamaded met in Limassol (Cyprus) with a Druze delegation from Israel based National Communication Council and Said Naffah member of the Israeli Knesset and leader of the Free Druze Arab movement.
Following the meeting Jumblatt told al Nahar : ” These meetings are very important . KM Nafah has revealed that 63.7 % of the Druze in in Israel have refused to enlist in the Israeli army. Jumblatt added this confirms the Druze Arabism regardless where they are .. He concluded: “We are Arabs first and foremost ”