PM asks Trump to allow Jonathan Pollard to immigrate to Israel — report

31 October 2017, 8:43 pm

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked US President Donald Trump to cancel the parole restrictions imposed on convicted spy Jonathan Pollard and allow him to immigrate to Israel, Channel 2 reports.

In May, a US federal appeals court rejected the request to life restrictive parole conditions that were placed on former American intelligence specialist convicted of spying for Israel after he was released from prison in 2015.

Jonathan Pollard and wife Esther, photographed during a coffee break when they met with the Conference of the Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on January 24, 2016. (Courtesy Justice4JP)

According to the those restrictions, Pollard must remain in the United States and is barred from travelling or indeed emigrating to Israel.

According to Channel 2, which did not report the source of the information, Netanyahu has repeatedly asked US officials, including Trump, to consider allowing Pollard to move to Israel.