00:00The news from Syria is a constant these days for Wafa Pateesh Shaha in Masada, in the Israeli-occupied
00:08Golan Heights.
00:09A Syrian Druze, she has family in both Lebanon and Syria.
00:16Here in the Golan, we are watching very closely, and we are worried.
00:22We are scared about the future of the Syrian people, all of them.
00:27And especially we are scared for our relatives and families who are in Syria.
00:38She talks to relatives in Syria every day.
00:42Just a few miles away, over the border, people are optimistic.
00:46How are you?
00:47Tell me if you're okay.
00:50Thank God, thank God.
00:51We are very happy.
00:52We are celebrating.
00:53And I'm now in Karameh Square.
00:55People came from a couple of places, coming to Sueda, to share in our happiness.
01:03But here, a few kilometers away, in Masht al-Shams, right on the ceasefire line with
01:08Syria, people are also watching Israel's reaction.
01:12I'm right here at the ceasefire line and the buffer zone between Israel and Syria.
01:17Israeli military have moved in.
01:19And many people here see that as a violation of the agreement which set up that buffer
01:24zone.
01:25Israel said it has ceased some areas which were left by the Syrian forces, and that the
01:311974 disengagement agreement between the two countries has collapsed.
01:38Most people in this Druze town choose not to become Israeli citizens when the Golan
01:43Heights were captured and occupied in 1967, and later annexed by Israel.
01:51In Masht al-Shams, there are conflicting opinions.
01:57First of all, I am pro-Assad.
02:00But what happened, it's not my decision.
02:04I am sorry for what happened.
02:06But I hope that the situation will be better than before.
02:15This regime was collapsed because he was unjust.
02:20He violated the Syrians.
02:21He killed them.
02:22He bombed them with everything, with barrels, with bombs, with missiles, with chemical weapons.
02:28I think there is no single regime in the world did it to his people except Assad.
02:37Another worry is what comes next for Syria.
02:39Wafa is cautiously optimistic that the new transitional government will protect all communities,
02:46including the Druze community in Syria.
02:50Now that Assad has fallen, we are scared, because Joulani was with al-Nusra, which was
02:55considered a terrorist organization.
02:58But we see how they are dealing with things on the ground.
03:05When they entered Aleppo, there's been no problem with the other communities.
03:16Hopes and fears that are likely to keep people on edge for weeks to come.
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