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| March 11, 2013
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WATCH: Knesset member’s plea to President Obama: Don’t allow Pollard to die in prison

Watch American-born, Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman as he recounts the day he heard of Pollard’s arrest in front of the Israeli embassy.

Listen to his emotional plea to Obama and his call to the people of Israel, to pray daily for Pollard’s release.

 

U.S.-born Knesset member Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) made a personal appeal to President Obama from the Knesset podium “not to let Jonathan Pollard die in prison.”

Dov Lipman addressing the Knesset, March 2013 - Youtube Screeshot

Dov Lipman addressing the Knesset, March 2013 – Youtube Screenshot

Speaking in the Knesset last week, Lipman said he had planned to use the platform of the Knesset podium to address President Obama in English but found out that speaking in English “is, regrettably prohibited by the Knesset bylaws.” Continue Reading »

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| March 8, 2013
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Can not comprehend why Pollard is still incarcerated

Former Israeli spymaster says US using Pollard to teach the Jews a lesson; Israelis see it as hypocritical that US still holding Pollard, yet sees no problem pressing Jewish state to free blood-soaked Palestinian terrorists.

By  Ryan Jones

 

It’s been 28 years, and there’s still no firm sign that the US intends to release accused Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Even for Israeli officials intimately familiar with Washington, the situation is simply incomprehensible.

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“I know Washington, I know how it works, I know what makes it tick, and I still cannot comprehend why there is this insistence on keeping Pollard for so long,” former Israeli Ambassador to the US Danny Ayalon said on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| February 17, 2013
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The Knesset & US Congress jointly urge Obama to release Jonathan Pollard

With Obama’s pending trip to Israel, MK Danny Danon & former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee initiated a joint petition urging Jonathan Pollard’s pardon.

President Shimon Peres set to urge U.S. Senators to seek Pollard’s release as well.

By Mati Tuchfeld and Yori Yalon

 

A joint initiative by Knesset members and the U.S. Congress is calling on President Barack Obama, scheduled to visit Israel in a few weeks, to secure the release of imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in time to bring the news to Israel personally on his visit.

Jonathan Pollard. – Photo: AP

The two politicians behind the initiative, Israeli MK Danny Danon (Likud-Beytenu) and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, met on Thursday to discuss the joint endeavor.

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| December 16, 2012
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CIA Releases New Details – Pollard did not spy on U.S.

Pollard was asked to provide information on Arab states, Pakistan & the Soviet Union and not on the United States.

Pollard was to collect intel on Pakistan’s nuclear program, Egyptian missile programs, and Iraqi & Syrian chemical warfare production capabilities.

By Itamar Eichner

 

The US administration has allowed the release of secret documents pertaining to the case of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.

Jonathan Pollard – Photo: AP

The main document is a 160-page “damage assessment” report by the Pentagon and the CIA issued after Pollard’s apprehension. A small segment of the report was released in 2006 but the main bulk remained secret until the National Security Archive petitioned for its disclosure. Continue Reading »

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| December 14, 2012
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Released Documents show Pollard Sought Intel on Arab Nations

Recently declassified CIA documents reveal former Israeli agent foremost sought intel on Arab countries, & not the U.S.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Former Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard primarily sought information about Arab nations and not the United States, AFP, citing newly declassified CIA documents, reported Friday.

Jonathan Pollard red, white and blue - Photo: Courtesy

Jonathan Pollard red, white and blue – Photo: Courtesy

Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in a US prison for spying for Israel, told investigators he had been asked foremost for information on Arab or Pakistani nuclear programs and “Arab exotic weaponry,” AFP cited the top secret CIA documents as saying.

The documents also said that Israel “did not request or receive from Pollard intelligence concerning some of the most sensitive US national security resources.”

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| December 12, 2012
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Letter circulating in Congress urging Obama to commute Pollard’s life sentence

The letter, with 40 signatories so far by both Dem. & Rep. is  circulated by Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)

 

By JTA

 

Washington — A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives are circulating a letter among their colleagues urging President Obama to commute Jonathan Pollard’s life sentence to time served.

Jonathan Pollard during an interview, May 15, 1998.


Jonathan Pollard during an interview at the Federal Correction Institution in Butner, North Carolina, May 15, 1998. – Photo by AP

“Mr. Pollard has now served 25 years in prison, many of which in solitary confinement, for his actions,” says the letter circulated by Reps. Continue Reading »

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| November 9, 2012
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Jonathan Pollard holds no grudge against Israeli President

Jonathan Pollard, jailed former Israeli spy reacts to his handler’s admission that he was incriminated under orders from Shimon Peres, then prime minister.

 

Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard chose to express hope rather than anger in response to an interview with his former handler Rafi Eitan, who revealed for the first time that he incriminated Pollard under orders from then-prime minister and current president Shimon Peres.

Jonathan and Esther Pollard - Photo: Courtesy J4JP

Jonathan and Esther Pollard – Photo: Courtesy J4JP

Eitan told Yediot Aharonot in an interview published Friday that he gave the Americans information he knew would be used against Pollard. He said he had no choice other than to abide by government decisions. Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2012
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Former CIA chief urges release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard

In letter to Wall Street Journal, R. James Woolsey writes: For those hung up on the fact that he’s an American Jew, pretend he’s a Greek- or Korean- or Filipino-American and free him.

 

Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard must be released, former CIA chief R. James Woolsey wrote in a letter to the editor sent to the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, arguing that one reason Pollard has remained in prison for as long as he has was that he was an American Jew.

Woolsey, who has voiced his support for the release of the convicted spy in the past, wrote in the letter that, while he had “recommended against clemency for Jonathan Pollard early in the first Clinton administration when I was director of Central Intelligence, but now, nearly two decades later, I support his release. Continue Reading »

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| July 2, 2012
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VIDEO: How Jonathan Pollard was caught

The 21-year-old internal briefing video produced by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, to encourage U.S. government employees to lose their inhibitions about reporting a colleague for exhibiting suspicious behavior, was released under the Freedom of Information Act.

By Eli Leon and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

The following video depicts the events leading to the capture of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in 1985. The internal briefing video, which was made 21 years ago, was produced by the Threat Countermeasures Branch of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency and released under the Freedom of Information Act on June 25, 2012 to the IRmep Center for Policy and Law Enforcement.
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| June 14, 2012
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White House Pours Cold Water on Pollard Release Plea

Ahead of meeting between Obama and Peres on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tells reporters, “Our position [on Pollard] has not changed and will not change today” • Peres still asks Obama to give Pollard clemency, expresses optimism.

By Yoni Hirsch, Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

The White House’s position on granting clemency to convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard has not changed “and will not change today,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday, essentially pouring cold water on any prospects for Pollard’s release after 26 years in a U.S. prison.

Carney’s comments came just a few hours before President Shimon Peres met U.S.

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| June 13, 2012
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In joint appearance with Peres in Washington, Clinton condemns Syria for using attack helicopters to quash uprising

Secretary of State appeared alongside Israeli President at Washington event; Peres to raise issue of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard in a meeting with President Obama.

 

 

WASHINGTON – Israeli President Shimon Peres and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared on Tuesday at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, where they spoke about the escalating violence in Syria, the negotiations with Iran and the peace process with the Palestinians.

At the event, Clinton expressed deep concern over Russia’s reported shipment of attack helicopters to the Syrian regime. “Attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria will escalate the conflict quite dramatically,” she said. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2012
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Peres Will Ask Obama for Humanitarian Pardon for Pollard

President Shimon Peres will ask President Barack Obama to grant a pardon for Jonathan Pollard on humanitarian grounds.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

President Shimon Peres will ask President Barack Obama to grant a pardon for Jonathan Pollard on humanitarian grounds.

Shimon Peres and Jonathan Pollard

Shimon Peres and Jonathan Pollard - INN archive photo

Pollard, incarcerated for some 27 years on a single charge of passing classified information to an ally (Israel), has been in increasingly poor health. He was hospitalized several times over the past year, including for emergency surgery.

Peres has said he will discuss the issue of a pardon for Pollard with Obama during a private meeting. Continue Reading »

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| June 11, 2012
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Pollard clemency campaign shifts into high gear with Peres visit

Freed soldier Gilad Schalit, Israeli Nobel laureates and intellectuals sign online petition asking President Shimon Peres to use his rapport with U.S. President Barack Obama during this week’s Washington visit to secure Israeli spy’s release • Peres reportedly planning to seek clemency for convicted spy on humanitarian grounds.

 

 

Bt Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff

Some 70,000 Israelis have signed an online petition asking President Shimon Peres to use his upcoming meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to seek the release of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Peres is traveling to Washington this week to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the U.S.
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| April 11, 2012
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Former US Official: Pollard May Yet be Released

Former US undersecretary of defense Lawrence Korb says Jonathan Pollard may yet be released, perhaps in June.

Former undersecretary of defense Lawrence Korb said Tuesday that convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard may be released soon.

“Given Jonathan’s deteriorating health they may consider clemency,” Korb said in remarks that contradicted reports that Pollard’s release was were baseless. “There is a chance.”

Korb also rejected that US President Barack Obama’s silence on an emergency plea for Pollard’s release from Israeli President Shimon Peres on humanitarian grounds was a definite “no” on clemency for Pollard.

“Obama didn’t respond to a letter sent by Prime Minister Netanyahu over a year ago, either, to my knowledge,” Korb said. Continue Reading »

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| April 10, 2012
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Peres Makes Emergency Plea for Pollard

President Shimon Peres sent an urgent message to US President Barak Obama asking Jonathan Pollard be pardoned on humanitarian grounds

President Shimon Peres on Monday sent an urgent personal request to US President Barack Obama asking for Jonathan Pollard to be pardoned on humanitarian grounds.

Peres also met with Esther Pollard on Sunday. According to his office, Peres listened carefully as she outlined her husband’s deteriorating condition and implored the President to use all his influence as quickly as possible to ensure that Pollard – who was rushed to a hospital last Friday – is not sent back to prison.

She said returning Pollard to prison would “be a death sentence.” Continue Reading »

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