Pro-Israel rabbi, Trump-tied pastor visit Syria, say peace is possible after seeing leader

Syria's al-Sharaa met with Johnnie Moore, who leads the group distributing aid in Gaza, and Abraham Cooper, a rabbi from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Syria and Israel recently held talks aimed at calming tensions

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Peace between Syria and Israel is "very possible," a Trump-linked evangelical Christian pastor said after he and a pro-Israel American rabbi held talks this week with Syria's Islamist leader Ahmad al-Sharaa at the presidential palace in Damascus.

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Pro-Israel rabbi, Trump-tied pastor visit Syria, say peace is possible after seeing leader

Pro-Israel rabbi, Trump-tied pastor visit Syria, say peace is possible after seeing leader

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