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Posted on Dec 30, 2020
Jonathan Pollard, Cold War Spy Who Spent 30 Years In U.S. Prison, Arrives In Israel
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Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison after pleading guilty to spying for the Israelis, has arrived in Israel a month after the U.S. Justice Department declined to extend his parole.
Pollard and his wife, Esther, landed early Wednesday at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv aboard a private jet owned by Sheldon Adelson, a major backer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The couple stepped off the plane, got on their knees, and kissed the tarmac — a religious Jewish custom upon arrival to the Holy Land. Netanyahu met the Pollards at the airport, greeting them with the Jewish blessing Sheheckhiyanu, praising God for the milestone, and another blessing praising God for freeing the imprisoned.
Esther — who is reportedly undergoing chemotherapy for cancer — is seeking medical treatment in Israel, but the couple reportedly plans to permanently emigrate to there.
"Finally in the country. Jonathan Pollard landed tonight in Israel," read a headline in Israel Hayom showing a picture of Pollard and his wife, wearing masks, as they arrived from Newark, N.J.
Pollard and his wife, Esther, landed early Wednesday at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv aboard a private jet owned by Sheldon Adelson, a major backer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The couple stepped off the plane, got on their knees, and kissed the tarmac — a religious Jewish custom upon arrival to the Holy Land. Netanyahu met the Pollards at the airport, greeting them with the Jewish blessing Sheheckhiyanu, praising God for the milestone, and another blessing praising God for freeing the imprisoned.
Esther — who is reportedly undergoing chemotherapy for cancer — is seeking medical treatment in Israel, but the couple reportedly plans to permanently emigrate to there.
"Finally in the country. Jonathan Pollard landed tonight in Israel," read a headline in Israel Hayom showing a picture of Pollard and his wife, wearing masks, as they arrived from Newark, N.J.
Jonathan Pollard, Cold War Spy Who Spent 30 Years In U.S. Prison, Arrives In Israel
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What blows my mind is that everyone thinks Israel is our ally. They have attacked our naval vessels, spied on us, and drawn us into an unwinnable war with Muslims worldwide. How are they an "ally". He's gone? Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Israel allegedly blew the lid off stuxnet by going ahead after we said not to.
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I'm not anti-semitic btw, but we had a good thing going on with their PLCs for awhile. Smoked some gear. Now they link some Dutch hacker for attribution. Disinformation is in their wheelhouse. Not QANON either.
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He should’ve net the same fate as the Rosenbergs. ANYBODY that willfully discloses Military Secrets should.
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