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Syrian opposition leader Farid Ghadry. (Archives) Last update - 00:49 28/05/2007 Exiled Syrian opposition leader to visit Knesset next month By Shahar Ilan and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents Syrian exile and opposition leader Farid Ghadry, of the Syrian Reform Party, is expected to visit the Knesset. He was invited by MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud), former chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Ghadry, who is expected to speak before the committee on June 11, will be the second Syrian expatriate to address it this year. Last month, the committee heard Syrian-American businessman Ibrahim Suleiman. He discussed his contacts with Alon Liel, former Foreign Ministry director general, on a proposed peace deal. Unlike Suleiman, who is rumored to be in contact with Syrian President Bashar Assad, 51-year-old Ghadry is the founder of a political movement aimed at bringing down Assad's regime. The Syrian Reform Party, founded in exile in the U.S. in 2003, aspires to replace Assad's Alawi minority rule with a democratic system that puts power in the hands of the Sunni majority. Advertisement After he founded the movement, Ghadry appeared on Al-Jazeera, where he called on the United States to invade Syria, as it did in Iraq. During the intifada, he demonstrated outside the Syrian embassy in Washington along with pro-Israeli activists from the American Jewish Committee. They demanded Syria pull leave Lebanon and halt support for Palestinian terror and Hezbollah. The committee invited Ghadry under the policy adopted by chair Tzachi Hanegbi, who advocated opening the floor to prominent Arab figures. Left-wing political figures told Haaretz that they thought Ghadry's invitation was a right-wing attempt to contradict Suleiman's statements that Assad sincerely wanted to negotiate with Israel. "He will say that Assad is a corrupt terrorist with whom there is no point negotiating," they said Bookmark to del.icio.us   Shimon goes green Peres says to fight terror Israel should reduce its dependence on oil. Voices of heroism IDF releases audio recordings from famed 1976 Entebbe raid.   1.   obviously gadri wants to be top dog 04:36  |  VIPER 27/05/07   2.   Interesting fellow 07:50  |  Boris 27/05/07   3.   assad -corrupt terrorist 08:13  |  indrajaya 27/05/07   4.   traitor...only true opposition is Muslim Brotherhood 08:39  |  Syrian 27/05/07   5.   VIPER 08:47  |  Ehud 27/05/07   6.   MR. SINCERITY 08:56  |  steve 27/05/07   7.   Another Chalabi ! 09:29  |  Cynic #2 27/05/07   8.   If he is telling the truth. Israel should listen. 09:30  |  ELY GREENHUT 27/05/07   9.   Interesting to see the difference between Haaretz and ynet 09:47  |  Judith, Haifa 27/05/07   10.   Reform party?? 10:00  |  Nizar 27/05/07   11.   What will they think of next???? 10:09  |  b`galil 27/05/07   12.   A true traitor indeed. 11:05  |  Patriot 27/05/07   13.   Peace is made with enemies 11:09  |  isratinian 27/05/07   14.   To Nizar #10 & Syrian #4 11:11  |  SYR 27/05/07   15.   I am a Sunni Muslim 11:50  |  Syrian citizen 27/05/07   16.   he is not Syrian 11:53  |  Sami 27/05/07   17.   Judith, Haif, it is not "Leftism" that is backfiring on you 11:54  |  British Academic 27/05/07   18.   from Israel Gov`ts To demand repeated Statements based on policie 12:06  |  Joseph E . 27/05/07   19.   Figures It`d be Likud 12:49  |  Apathy Jew 27/05/07   20.   #15, syrian citizen, i totally agree 13:00  |  VIPER 27/05/07   21.   To British epidemic 13:24  |  Judith, Haifa 27/05/07   22.   To #14, US is great??? 13:35  |  MA 27/05/07   23.   Replacing Satan with Beelzebub? 13:41  |  Thatcher 27/05/07   24.   I appologize to Haaretz censors for calling them idiots 14:02  |  Judith, Haifa 27/05/07   25.   To #22 14:07  |  SYR 27/05/07   26.   A Golan Hand out must not be subject of discussion 14:10  |  Joseph E . 27/05/07   27.   my opinion 15:36  |  the syrian 27/05/07   28.   apathy jew # 19 16:05  |  Reuben Jacobs 27/05/07   29.   Traitor 02:42  |  XoX 28/05/07   30.   #29,all countries with their religions should unite 11:16  |  VIPER 28/05/07   31.   Peace 09:42  |  Andrew 06/05/08

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