A UNITED STATES NAVY analyst who spent 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying on the United States for Israel, is expected to receive a hero’s welcome in Israel in the coming days, after the administration of President Donald Trump lifted his parole restrictions that prevented him from leaving the country.
Jonathan Pollard, a former intelligence analyst for the United States Navy, was
released from an American prison in 2015, after serving a lengthy sentence for selling US government secrets to Israel.
Throughout Pollard’s time in prison, the
government of Israel lobbied for his release, claiming that the
convicted spy did not harm American interests, but was simply trying to
help Israel. However, the US Intelligence Community and successive
American presidents consistently rejected Israel’s claims, arguing that
Pollard’s activities were severely detrimental to US interests. Pollard
was eventually released after serving the entirety of his sentence.
Ever since his release, Pollard had been
required to wear an ankle monitor at all times. His Internet browsing
was strictly regulated by the US government and he was not permitted to
leave his New York home after sunset. He was also not permitted to leave
the US, and Washington had refused to allow him to move to Israel, for fear that the Israeli government would provide him with monetary rewards for his espionage.
But now Pollard is expected to travel to Israel soon, after the Department of Justice announced
on Friday that his parole would not be renewed —a move that effectively
allows Pollard to leave the United States for the first time since his
imprisonment. His lawyer, Eliot Lauer, told an Israeli television
station that Pollard would soon be departing for Israel, adding that he
looked forward to “seeing our client in Israel”. On Saturday, a press
statement issued from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu celebrated the lifting of Pollard’s parole restrictions, and
said Israeli leaders “hope to see Jonathan Pollard in Israel soon”.
Pollard is expected to receive a hero’s
welcome in Israel, where he has achieved celebrity status. He is
especially revered by supporters of the center-right Likud party, which
is currently led by Netanyahu. There are, however, many in Israel
who see Pollard as an opportunist and have derided him publicly for
accusing the state of Israel of abandoning him. Others in the Israeli
intelligence community see the Pollard episode as deeply damaging to
relations between the United States and Israel, and are critical of the
decision to recruit Pollard, whose carelessness and brazen espionage style were bound to lead to his arrest sooner or later.
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