Its overtures towards the Druze is part of strengthening its defences against Syria's new leaders.
As Israel unveils plans to expand its Golan Heights settlements, Syrians living nearby say they want an end to conflict.
Israel seized control of a buffer zone between the Golan Heights and Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Israel has attacked Syrian military assets and has troops operating in the Golan buffer zone and slightly beyond.
PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.
New trenches and berms are being constructed along the frontier in the occupied Golan Heights.
World leaders scramble to contain the fallout and de-escalate tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.
In the Golan Heights town where a rocket killed 12, mostly children, sirens were not enough to save their lives.
The BBC's Paul Adams visits the site where 12 people, mostly children, were killed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
