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Monday, January 31, 2022
Jonathan Pollard eulogizes wife: This isn’t how I expected us to come to Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA tearful Jonathan Pollard eulogizes his wife Esther who died Monday after contracting COVID-19.
The former spy, who moved to Israel with Esther in late December 2020, praises her for advocating on his behalf during his 30-year stint in prison and five years of parole before they moved to Israel.
“This is not how I expected for us to come home to the land,” he says as she is buried in Jerusalem’s Har Hamenuhot cemetery. “But as much as you love the land, the land will now love you, the land will embrace you and you will truly become part of the land you loved so much.”
Esther Pollard, 68, battled breast cancer for years. She was hospitalized at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center over the weekend after she was infected with the coronavirus and her condition deteriorated.
יונתן פולארד סופד לרעייתו אסתר: "לא כך ציפיתי שנגיע לארץ הזו, הארץ שאהבת מחבקת אותך עכשיו"@AkivaWeisz pic.twitter.com/nxgU7ll54k
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