Right and Left unite at rally for Pollard outside US embassy
Jonathan Pollard is being held for ransom, and that ransom is the land of Israel."Today, after nearly 30 years [that Pollard sits] in prison, there is no one who does not know that Jonathan’s life sentence is grossly disproportionate and unjust," the agent's wife, Esther Pollard said to a crowd of 3,000 according to event organizers' estimates. "Indeed, many senior American officials are now calling for Jonathan’s release as a matter of simple justice, and as a humanitarian issue.""In Israel there is wall to wall consensus: the nation wants Jonathan home, now," she added, echoing the demonstrators' chants.Speaking to a crowd that was overwhelmingly teenaged and dressed in skirts and knitted kippot, Pollard commented that "The Americans are leaning heavily on Israel. They demand that Israel make painful gestures to our enemies. Israel keeps on bending over backwards to respond positively to the American demands.""How is it that in spite of all the gestures that Israel is making at the request of the US, the Americans are not willing to make the smallest, most minimal gesture towards Israel, the release of one prisoner?" she asked. "We are talking about a prisoner who never murdered anyone and never hurt anyone."Pollard added: "If Israel cannot rely upon the US to deal fairly with one Israeli agent, how can we rely them for the fate and future of all of Israel?"Knesset Caucus for Jonathan Pollard's Release co-chairman Nachman Shai (Labor) mentioned the petition signed by 106 of 120 MKs calling for Pollard's release, saying that no other cause has so united the Knesset."[US President Barack Obama] is not an enemy of Israel, so we ask him: It's been almost 30 years already. Let him go. Show human sympathy for Pollard. We won't stop making this demand until he is free," Shai stated..."It doesn't look good, Mr. Obama, that only the Jew has been kept in jail for such a long time," MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud Beytenu) said.
Labels: Jonathan Pollard, US embassy in Tel Aviv
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:34 PM
1 Comments:
Carl,it hurts to see this. That Jonathan Pollard should be a free man, who would be an Israeli citizen by now, goes without saying. But sadly, I do not expect this to happen while Hussein is still desecrating the Presidency. Pollard's wife is a heroine, and now, seeing people from the right and the left asking for his release,seems to be useless....oh, how I hope that I am wrong!
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