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Good for her: Esther Pollard slams Peres

For many years now, Esther Pollard has had a lot of reasons to hate Shimon Peres. Now, she has another one: It's this stupid comment by Slimy Shimon:

Speaking at the Ben Gurion Prize Awards in Tel Aviv, Peres praised the administration in Washington, saying: "There is no Israeli request that President [Barack] Obama has not responded to (favorably)."

Esther Pollard responds:

"Particularly at this time when my husband is about to enter year 29 in prison, your words Mr. President, were like a knife in my heart," she wrote. "How can you dismiss Jonathan as if he does not exist? How can I tell this to Jonathan without devastating him? It would destroy what little is left of his health and morale to hear."

Esther Pollard told Peres that American officials had told her that if he would make a serious and unequivocal request for her husband's release, Obama would respond favorably. She said she saw his statements Thursday and her husband's continued incarceration as proof Peres had not made a serious request.

"Should I tell Jonathan you have now confirmed what we have feared all along - that there never was a serious, compelling request for Jonathan's release?" she asked. "That the issue really isn't a priority for you? That you seem to have made it clear that as far as you are concerned, Jonathan is as good as dead, G-d forbid!"

She urged Peres to "invest your full stature in a just and humane compelling appeal" to Obama to release her husband.

"I am not asking you, Mr. President for fancy declarations or public pronouncements," she wrote. "The only thing that will prove to us that you have done what you need to do is Jonathan will be here."

Why would anyone trust Peres to do anything for Pollard (or anyone else)?

Esther Pollard didn't hit him hard enough. And yes, her worst fears are true...

Labels: Jonathan Pollard, Shimon Peres

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:52 PM