Iranian dissidents to visit Israel next week

A delegation of Iranian dissidents and expatriates is planning to visit Israel next week in solidarity with Trump administration officials.

The mission, organized by the Institute for Voices of Liberty (IVOL) – a policy institute dedicated to promoting freedom, human rights and democracy in Iran – includes eight Iranian expatriates and four former officials, and is to show that the expatriates are part of Israelis. stands by. In light of the latest attacks by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are sponsored by Iran.

The delegation will meet representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs and visit an IDF unit, as well as hear from security experts. They plan to visit towns along the Gaza border as well as Israel’s northern border to learn about the threat from Hezbollah. He will also visit historical sites in Jerusalem.

The IVOL delegation will include several former US government officials, including Victoria Coates, Ellie Kohanim, Len Khodorkovsky and Adam Lovinger. Members of the group – most of whom will be traveling to Israel for the first time – will meet with Israelis of various backgrounds and religions during their visit to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Gaza and several other places near the Syrian borders. The regime in Iran and its terrorist proxies.

Former US deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates says Abraham shows agreement have potential For greater peace, security and prosperity in the Middle East, and that Iranians also deserve to participate, despite their hostile and anti-Semitic regimes.

Coates cited an op-ed and former senior adviser to US Special Representative for Iran Len Khodorkovsky wrote In Jerusalem Post This year, Israel and the Iranians called for the “Cyrus Agreement”—named after the Persian king Cyrus the Great, who allowed Jews to build a second temple in Jerusalem.

“This IVOL mission is an important step toward realizing that vision, once the Islamic Republic joins so many brutal, authoritarian regimes on the ashes pile of history,” Coates said.

Khodorkowski is expected to join the delegation, as well as former deputy special envoy for surveillance and combating Iran-born Eli Kohanim and US Defense Department strategist Adam Lovinger.

iVOL board member Bijan R. Qian, an Iranian-American convicted of illegal lobbying in connection with the investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, said the organization “exists to reflect the voices of freedom-seeking Iranians.

“We organized this historic mission to Israel to show the solidarity of free Iranians with the people of Israel,” Qian said, “and to separate Iran’s freedom-seekers from that criminal, unworthy and corrupt regime.” who has forced himself upon them. “

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