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New Israeli non-profit group calls for peace talks with Syria
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent

A new forum calling for peace talks with Syria will meet Sunday evening in Tel Aviv.

Forum participants will include former chief of staff Amnon Lipkin Shahak, former Shin Bet chief, Ya'akov Perry, former directors at the Foreign Ministry, David Kimche and Alon Liel, as well as authors, academics and intellectuals.

The group, The National Movement for Peace with Syria, will be registered as a non-profit organization in the coming days.

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The group was established following recent reports of informal talks between Liel and a Syrian-American, Ibrahim Suleiman, in Switzerland, and Syrian President Bashar Assad's repeated calls for a resumption of peace talks.

The gathering will take place at the Arab-Hebrew Theater in Jaffa and the director of the British peace organization, The Next Century Foundation, William Morris, will report on meetings he recently held with the Syrian political leadership in Damascus and the messages he delivered, on their behalf, to Jerusalem.

A petition that will be published Sunday on behalf of the forum will state that intentional avoidance of reconciliation with Syria will be "an irresponsible gamble with the fate of the State of Israel."

The forum calls on the government to "heed the voices from Damascus," because "the price of peace is a lot smaller than the bitter and destructive cost of wars."

Following a request by MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz), the head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tzachi Hanegbi, agreed to invite Liel for a special meeting on the contacts he had with Syrian representatives in early 2004.

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  1.   Peace for Peace 05:19  |  David G 28/01/07
  2.   New Israeli non-profit group? -Israel has a Government for issues 05:39  |  Vittorio 28/01/07
  3.   Akiva, Liel, Beilin to give away Tel Aviv and Jerusalem 06:21  |  Ken Jurist 28/01/07
  4.   Not Again 06:26  |  Natan 28/01/07
  5.   I wonder who provides finances for this new `peace` movement? 06:35  |  Terry 28/01/07
  6.   israel has no chance when it negotiates with arabs 06:46  |  zionist forever 28/01/07
  7.   Israeli brains vs Arab intransigence 07:04  |  Israeli Taxpayer 28/01/07
  8.   1 07:41  |  sam 28/01/07
  9.   Peace for peace 07:44  |  Tareq 28/01/07
  10.   Yes, Yes, Yes. 07:45  |  gus 28/01/07
  11.   Is it still Israeli if the money is foreign? 07:51  |  Ilan 28/01/07
  12.   More Mishegoss 08:08  |  Tod Zuckerman 28/01/07
  13.   To #8 sam 08:57  |  David G 28/01/07
  14.   Let Assad Keep Damascus In Exchange For Peace 08:59  |  Yishai Kohen 28/01/07
  15.   Tod, S.F. scores much higher on the Delusionist Scale... 09:50  |  Pavel 28/01/07
  16.   "Non Profit" 10:02  |  Johnny 28/01/07
  17.   Israel Has No Other Chance Than Negotiations 10:08  |  Arik 28/01/07
  18.   Tod, if you return the Golan and Shebaa, the end 10:36  |  gus 28/01/07
  19.   #Vittorio, You are missing the point... 10:37  |  Maureen Ann 28/01/07
  20.   Tareq, with regard to peace for peace, I am not 11:08  |  Nadav 28/01/07
  21.   Should I understand from your latest post, Maureen Ann, that 11:27  |  Petra 28/01/07
  22.   #1, DAVID G, would you do the same? 11:55  |  VIPER 28/01/07
  23.   To Nadav 12:24  |  Tareq 28/01/07
  24.   Is-Taxpayer 12:39  |  Skandar 28/01/07
  25.   #21 Petra, My answer is yes, with conditions. 13:52  |  Maureen Ann 28/01/07
  26.   Israel`s caliphated within enemies 17:52  |  Joseph E . Post 1 28/01/07
  27.   Israel`s caliphated within enemies 17:53  |  Joseph E . post 2 28/01/07
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