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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Alan Gross, former prisoner of Cuba, endorses Clinton
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAlan Gross, imprisoned for five years in Cuba for his efforts to assist its Jewish community, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, citing in part her commitment to the Obama administration’s new openness to Cuba.
“I support her commitment to continue and improve our new Cuba policy,” Gross, who was arrested in 2009 for distributing internet equipment to the island’s Jewish community, wrote in an op-ed appearing Friday in the Sun-Sentinel in southern Florida where Clinton and her Republican opponent Donald Trump are expected to battle for the Jewish and Cuban vote.
“It was about time to recognize that if we want the Cuban Government to get out of the way of its private sector and private citizens, we also need to get out of the way,” he said.
— JTA
The Times of Israel Community.