In rare interview, Jonathan Pollard complains Israel doesn’t care about him

Israeli former spy Jonathan Pollard, who spent 30 years in jail in the United States, gives one of his first media interviews after his release almost four years ago, despite strict parole conditions prohibiting him from speaking to the press.

Questioned by Israel’s Channel 12 at a New York restaurant, Pollard is said to have first refused to speak but then changed his mind, complaining that the Israeli leadership doesn’t care about him.

“If you don’t care about someone like myself, who spent 30 years in prison on behalf of the land and people of Israel, then how much concern can you actually show or exhibit or feel towards anybody in the country, from our soldiers to our civilians?” he says.

The quote is from a snippet from the full interview which will be broadcast at 8 p.m. (Israel time).

אחרי 30 שנים בכלא, ג'ונתן פולארד מדבר לראשונה ומשמיע ביקורת חסרת תקדים על ממשלת ישראל | הראיון הבלעדי לשליחתנו בארה"ב @YunaLeibzon הערב במהדורה המרכזית ב-20:00 pic.twitter.com/leKOOjUspB

— החדשות – N12 (@N12News) May 21, 2019