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Leftist, Nationalist MKs Unite to Rally for Pollard this Sunday in Tel
Leftist, Nationalist MKs Unite to Rally for Pollard
Call for public to join rally Sunday at US Embassy in Tel Aviv across the
political spectrum. MKs: ‘consensus’ that he should be freed.
By Tova Dvorin – IsraelNationalNews – Arutz7 – February 22, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177734#.UwkZ0c6L9ac
Leftist and nationalist MKs will unite Sunday for a noble cause: the release
of Jonathan Pollard.
Pollard has recently been subject of a high-profile campaign for his
release, after being held in the US for more than 28 years on spying
allegations. He was arrested by FBI agents in 1985 and held ever since.
Sunday’s rally expands on that campaign. In a rare show of unity, both
leftist and nationalist MKs will join youth groups, advocacy organizations,
and a crowd of supporters outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to demand the
prisoner finally be freed.
“After three decades one fact [about the Pollard case] remains: the fact of
time,” MK Nachmun Shai (Labor) stated Saturday night. “How long should he
stay in prison for his actions? How long? Is there a limit to this?”
“A man shouldn’t be kept in prison for 30 years over these allegations,”
Shai continued. “He should be released already.”
“It looks like he might not have such a long life next in any case,” he
added. “He is not in the best of health.”
“We are united in calling on President [Barack] Obama: give him, at least,
the last years of his life to do what he wants as a free man.”
“There is a consensus here,” MK Yechiel Bar (Labor) added. “We feel a huge
sense of injustice; [Pollard] should be released. Everyone understands that
Pollard has paid his debts disproportionately and US officials know this
well. It is not for nothing that calls for Pollard’s release are gaining
momentum. Official reports indicate that Pollard dealt with threats against
Israel and not against the US [. . .] they should release him for it.”
Nationalist groups have already called on the public to attend the rally
alongside the left-wing MKs. The rally will commence at 6:00pm.
Calls for Pollard’s release have escalated since it was revealed that the US
and UK have been spying on top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu. Pollard was arrested on charges far less serious,
critics noted, and slammed the Obama administration for “hypocrisy.”
The calls for Pollard’s release escalated so much so that over 106 MKs
attended a special Knesset session in December to protest US President
Barack Obama’s refusal to release the prisoner, and signed a petition urging
the President to reconsider.
Several top US officials, including Former Deputy National Security advisor
Elliott Abrams, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense during the
Jonathan Pollard affair Lawrence Korb, and former CIA chief James Woolsey
have also called for Pollard to be released.
See Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e_OqB0lQeM
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