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Jonathan Pollard plans to make aliya after release from US spy sentence

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Published: 23 November 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

ANSHEL PFEFFER: Israel’s actions in the controversial saga forced American Jews to defend themselves against accusations of divided loyalties

Netanyahu, Rivlin welcome end of Pollard’s parole, await his arrival in Israel (Times of Israel)
PM thanks envoy to US Ron Dermer for efforts to lift restrictions on ex-Navy analyst who spied for Israel; lawyer says he’ll make aliya when wife’s medical condition allows

Israel still owes American Jews an apology for the Jonathan Pollard affair (Haaretz)
ANSHEL PFEFFER: Israel’s actions forced American Jews to defend themselves against accusations of divided loyalties – and that type of blatant disregard continues to this very day

Fully free, Pollard to head ‘home’ to Israel when wife’s health allows — lawyer (Times of Israel)
Esther Pollard undergoing chemotherapy for aggressive cancer, attorney says, adding his client was not told ahead of time that his parole would be terminated Friday

For Netanyahu and Israel, Trump’s gifts kept on coming (NYT)
Allowing the convicted spy Jonathan Pollard the ability to emigrate to Israel was just the latest in a long list of prizes for America’s closest ally in the Middle East

Photo: Jonathan Pollard and his wife, Esther, enter court in New York in April 2016 (AP/Mark Lennihan)
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