Israel’s Golan Druze see a blow in wind energy plan

MAS’ADE, Golan Heights (AP) — Angry villagers fear that towering wind turbines may soon jut up from the picturesque patchwork of Druze farmland in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
They see the project as a threat to their agrarian way of life, an encroachment on ancestral lands and a solidification of Israel’s occupation of the territory.
Jewish communities have also opposed similar renewable energy projects, but the Druze view their predicament as particularly challenging