Approximately 300 Druze protestors surrounded police stations in Daliat el-Carmel and Isfiya on Sunday and blocked a road nearby. Protestors blocked access to the stations, and police suspect they were responsible for damaging six police vehicles.
The protestors were rallying against plans to appropriate nearby lands for a natural gas pipeline set to pass through the north. Community leaders attempted to calm the protestors, telling them to fight the government and not local police officers. Police referred to the protest as “routine,” and said there had been no need to call up additional forces to deal with the incident.