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Ex-MK Azmi Bishara (AP) Last update - 21:39 03/03/2008 Arab ex-MK Azmi Bishara meets Syrian President in Damascus By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Azmi Bishara  Former Arab MK Azmi Bishara on Monday met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus. The Syrian news agency SANA reported that the two discussed "the catastrophic situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the ongoing Israeli carnage of the Palestinian people." Officials in Bishara's Balad party said that he will appear Monday night as a panelist on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV channel, and offer his analysis of recent events on the Palestinian and Lebanese fronts. Bishara is considered a favorite of Arab talk shows, and has appeared many times on the channel. Advertisement Bishara, a fiery nationalist Arab lawmaker, left Israel about a year ago after Israeli media outlets speculated that a police investigation could lead to charges against him that include providing enemy with information at a time of war, visiting an enemy country and bringing money illegally into the state of Israel. Police and Shin Bet security service claimed that during the Second Lebanon War Bishara provided Hezbollah with classified information, including prospective targets and Israel's retaliation if Hezbollah had used long-range missiles that would hit south of Haifa. He has since settled in Jordan and has engaged mainly in writing and giving lectures in the Arab world. He keeps in close contact with Balad activists, who visit him frequently in his Amman residence. A few months ago an East Jerusalem money changer was indicted for money laundering allegedly for transferring $390,000 from an unnamed Arab country the exiled Arab MK. Related articles: MK Bishara: My three options are exile, martyrdom, or jail Sources: Evidence on Bishara case sufficient for indictment Knesset committee to consider revoking MK Bishara's benefits Bookmark to del.icio.us   In the line of fire Rights Group: Over 50% of Gaza casualties weren't militants. Uncle Sam blames you U.S. blames Hamas for sparking violence in south Israel, Gaza.   1.   Hawgwash, Hypocrites 21:54  |  Bombaster 03/03/08   2.   Can anyone imagine the damage done to Israeli security... 22:34  |  bat yam 03/03/08   3.   bishara 00:35  |  yuval 04/03/08   4.   Talking shop 00:38  |  Jeroen de Jager 04/03/08   5.   HE deserves the justice meted out to those who try this inISLAMIC 03:19  |  PETER SM 04/03/08   6.   to # 1: lets not exagerate 04:09  |  Rami 04/03/08

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