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Jonathan Pollard

Jonathan Pollard speaking during an interview with Channel 13 on May, 5, 2026. (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 5, 2026, 7:06 pm
Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard says he’s entering politics, slams Netanyahu and Bennett
Citing October 7 as reason for entering politics, Pollard says the current government is full of yes-men to Netanyahu, who failed to win the war; urges forcibly expelling Gazans
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
FILE: Former spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem, January 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 1:06 pm
Former spy Jonathan Pollard: Israel sent a man to convince me to kill myself
In Army Radio interview, Pollard says Israeli agent told him: ‘Why don’t you just do the right thing and we’ll bring you home, give you a nice burial on Mount Herzl’
By ToI Staff
Turkish charities, in partnership with Khan Yunis municipal bulldozers, remove the rubble from Palestinian homes and streets in the northern area of ​​Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on October 23, 2025 (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)
November 27, 2025, 2:23 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 27: Day 783 – US mulls Muslim Brotherhood sanctions, excludes allies Turkey, Qatar
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Trump’s executive order examining the Islamist group in some Arab countries, GHF closing shop, start of construction in Gaza, and Huckabee-Pollard meeting
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison for spying for Israel, seen in Jerusalem, August 31, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 25, 2025, 11:12 am
Pollard: Like Hamas hostages, ‘I know what it’s like to be raped’ during interrogation
Convicted spy claims US authorities ‘took pleasure in hurting me’; criticizes Netanyahu: ‘When I said I couldn’t imagine a better prime minister, I was naive’
By ToI Staff
Former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard speaks to i24 on November 20, 2025. (Screen capture: i24 via Youtube)
November 21, 2025, 1:42 pm
Pollard: Anti-Israel elements in US administration leaked my Huckabee meeting to get him fired
Convicted Israeli-operated US Navy mole accuses Kushner and Witkoff of serving foreign interests, fraternizing with terrorists; says Mideast envoy sought profit, not peace
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison for spying for Israel, seen in Jerusalem, August 31, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 20, 2025, 6:46 pm
Huckabee hosted ex-spy Jonathan Pollard for meeting at US embassy, NYT reports
CIA’s Israel station chief said ‘alarmed’ at meeting, White House not informed ahead of time; Pollard served 30 years in prison for handing over classified US documents to Israel
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, left, attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem on January 31, 2022; MK Itamar Ben Gvir, right, speaks during a press conference ahead of the upcoming elections in Ramat Gan on August 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 31, 2023, 11:16 am
Ben Gvir helps ex-spy Pollard get gun license in face of police objection
Far-right national security minister steps in after Pollard found to not meet criteria for owning a weapon
By ToI Staff
Former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard speaks to the Kan public broadcaster at a memorial service for two brothers killed in a terrorist attack, Jerusalem, March 5, 2023. (Kan screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 6, 2023, 8:11 am
Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard says ‘Huwara must be destroyed,’ but without killing people
Former US Navy analyst says Israel’s enemies ‘only understand decisive retaliation,’ town should be punished because terrorists acted on behalf of Palestinian nation
By ToI Staff
In this image circulated to Israeli media, Jonathan Pollard and Rivka Abrahams-Dinon, who are engaged to be married according to their announcement September, 14, 2022.
September 15, 2022, 2:06 am
Former spy Jonathan Pollard engaged to be married
This will be Pollard’s third marriage after he lost his late wife Esther earlier this year; bride-to-be is a mother of 7 from Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard endorses Zionist Spirit leader Ayelet Shaked for the upcoming elections, August 29, 2022. (Twitter)
August 30, 2022, 6:46 pm
Jonathan Pollard endorses Shaked, then retracts support hours later
Facing fierce blowback, former spy pulls backing from Zionist Spirit leader over her refusal to commit to ‘only join a right-wing government’
By Tobias Siegal and Amy Spiro
Rabbi Amichay Eliyahu (right) signs an agreement with party leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir to run in the No. 4 slot on the Otzma Yehudit electoral slate in the November 1, 2022 elections. (Twitter)
August 22, 2022, 8:50 am
Ben Gvir names scion of prominent rabbinic family to his far-right slate
Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu is grandson of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, a former chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel; Jonathan Pollard turns down chance to enter politics: ‘I’ve suffered enough’
By ToI Staff
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, left, attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem on January 31, 2022; MK Itamar Ben Gvir, right, speaks during a press conference in Ramat Gan on August 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 19, 2022, 9:08 am
Ben Gvir said considering offering ex-spy Pollard a place on his Knesset slate
Far-right MK meeting military, religious figures and influential women in bid to build a new political roster after saying he will run separately in November elections
By Tobias Siegal
Jonathan Pollard eulogizes his wife Esther during her funeral in Jerusalem, January 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2022, 6:19 pm
At wife’s funeral, tearful Pollard says it’s ‘not how I expected’ to come to Israel
Hundreds attend Esther Pollard’s funeral in Jerusalem, after she died of COVID-19 complications
By ToI Staff
Esther Pollard, wife of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, speaks to press outside her home in Jerusalem on July 29, 2015. (Flash90)
January 31, 2022, 8:39 am
Esther Pollard, wife of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, dies at 68
She was hospitalized with COVID over weekend after her condition deteriorated; ‘I did not imagine I would lose Esther,’ husband says
By ToI Staff
Aviem Sella giving a lecture in Herzliya in 2012. (Screenshot: YouTube)
September 1, 2021, 11:57 am
After 34-year delay, Pollard handler Aviem Sella promoted to brigadier general
Former IDF officer, who was pardoned by Trump in January, was meant to be promoted in 1987, but left the military when it came to light that he’d helped spy in the US
By Judah Ari Gross
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