DALIYAT AL-KARMEL, Israel — The sign in Hebrew hanging on the front door of the military cemetery at the top of Mount Karmel reads, “Tribute to the fallen Druze soldiers / We did not honor you as we should have.”
Ameer, a Druze man with protruding muscles, looked at it with a sad smile. “It's a Jewish neighbor who wrote that,” he told Al-Monitor. “It's nice.” An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veteran, Ameer had served during the first intifada.