Imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard has paid his
debt and it is time to let him go, say MKs at rally outside U.S. Embassy
in Tel Aviv • Esther Pollard says husband's life sentence is "out of
proportion."
Esther Pollard at Sunday's
protest in Tel Aviv
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Photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef  |
Hundreds of people demonstrated on Sunday
evening outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, calling on the U.S. to
release imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.
The demonstrators held signs reading "Free Pollard" and "29 years, that's enough."
Credit: Koby Amehiri
A number of Knesset members took part in the demonstration, including Moshe Feiglin and Tzachi Hanegbi (both Likud), Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli (Habayit Hayehudi) and Nachman Shai (Labor).
"We are appealing to the Americans and telling
them, 'Enough,'" Shai said. "It's been almost 30 years. This man has
paid everything he owes to American society and American law. Let him
go."
Pollard's wife, Esther, said, "Today, after 30
years, there is no one in the world who doesn't know that the life
sentence Jonathan is serving is completely out of proportion and
unfair."
Pollard, now 59, was arrested in Washington in
November 1985. He was convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to
life in prison.
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