He had also initiated a peace movement that published a petition by hundreds of Golan Heights residents to open peace talks with Syria. . The Israeli band PingPong tried to promote peace between Israel and Syria during their performance on Eurovision Song Contest 2000. Ibrahim Suleiman, Syrian-American negotiator has visited the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on April 2007 , insisting that a peace deal with Syria is reachable within six months since Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is in favor of it.