British Jews are protesting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s planned visit to Britain next week. In a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said Syria has “one of the world’s worst human rights records” and that Assad has “repeatedly rejected offers to normalize relations with Israel.”
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