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Pollard affair

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
Jonathan Pollard, second from left, leaves federal court Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
December 15, 2015, 10:45 pm
Israeli envoy hands White House request to ease Pollard restrictions
Letter to Obama from paroled spy’s wife asks for lifting of severe limitations on Jonathan Pollard’s movements
By ToI Staff
Esther Pollard addresses the press in Jerusalem on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)
July 29, 2015, 7:36 pm
Esther Pollard ‘counting the minutes’ to release of spy husband
After meeting with PM, Jonathan Pollard’s wife celebrates end of 30-year prison ‘nightmare,’ asks for ‘quiet and privacy’
By ToI Staff and AP
US President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in 2012 (Avi Ohayon/Government Press Office/Flash90)
July 29, 2015, 2:04 pm
Pollard parole will do nothing to improve US-Israel ties, experts say
The convicted spy may be a big fish, but his release falls well short of making up for what Israelis see as the enormity of the Iran deal disaster
By Raphael Ahren
Jonathan Pollard speaks during an interview at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, NC, May 1998. (AP/Karl DeBlaker/File)
July 29, 2015, 2:34 am
Israel ‘looking forward’ to Jonathan Pollard’s release, Netanyahu says
PM welcomes news of spy’s parole; Pollard ‘looking forward to being reunited with his beloved wife Esther,’ say his lawyers
By ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli protesters call for the release of Jonathan Pollard during a protest in Jerusalem on January 2, 2014, outside the hotel where US Secretary of State John Kerry was staying during one of his visits to the region. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2014, 10:41 pm
Netanyahu urges Kerry to release Pollard
Amid reports of deteriorating health, prime minister says it is time for convicted spy to be freed from prison
By ToI Staff
Jonathan Pollard (screenshot: YouTube)
December 5, 2014, 4:21 pm
Pollard hospitalized after losing consciousness in jail
Israeli spy’s wife says she has yet to receive information on the condition of her husband, who has been ill in the past
By Itamar Sharon
Jonathan Pollard (screenshot: YouTube)
October 7, 2014, 1:07 am
US prisons bureau changes Jonathan Pollard status to ‘life’
Spokesman says development merely ‘administrative’; wife says she is ‘gratified’
By JTA
President Shimon Peres at the President's residence in Jerusalem, April 28, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
June 20, 2014, 11:25 am
Peres to meet Esther Pollard ahead of final US visit
President set to raise issue of spy Jonathan Pollard’s release as he receives Congressional medal, meets Obama
By ToI Staff and Marissa Newman
US Congress (photo credit: CC BY-SA Dougtone, Flickr)
May 6, 2014, 10:01 pm
US officials: Extent of Israeli spying ‘shocking’
Jerusalem’s intelligence gathering activity in the America is unrivaled by any other ally, Newsweek reports
By ToI Staff
Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
April 25, 2014, 5:45 am
Foxman slams unfounded US fears of Israeli spying
Pollard case cannot account for US intel community’s reluctance to admit Israel to Visa Waiver Program, says ADL head; also laments false stereotype that US Jews can’t be fully trusted
By Raphael Ahren
Irwin Cotler and Alan M. Dershowitz
April 23, 2014, 8:03 pm
Irwin Cotler and Alan M. Dershowitz
Freeing Pollard: It’s a matter of justice
President Obama should leave Pollard out of the peace talks and release him for legal and humane reasons
From the WebMarch 20, 2013, 1:18 pm
Don’t Free Jonathan Pollard
Bret Stephens says in the Wall Street Journal that a man who betrayed his country is no martyr to the Jewish people
By Bret Stephens
Youth activists protest for Pollard's release outside US Consulate in Israel, July 2011 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 31, 2012, 2:11 pm
Knesset committee slams Netanyahu over failure to release Pollard
PMO rejects criticism, says the subject comes up in all communications with the White House but shouldn’t be discussed publicly
By Raphael Ahren
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