Jonathan Pollard

Ethiopian Jewish activist calls for unity in Israel

Dr. Shmuel Legesse, an Ethiopian Jewish writer and activist, described his life’s mission as a call to strengthen Jewish unity, defend Israel’s legitimacy, and give voice to the Ethiopian Jews.

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Dr. Shmuel Legasse sits down with The Jerusalem Post for an insightful podcast episode.
Jonathan Pollard seen during a tour of the Sovereignty movement and the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council in the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank on February 12, 2023.

Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard joins politics, calls to annex Gaza Strip

Pollard, who had spent 30 years in prison for spying and providing Israel with top-secret classified information, has has since become a strong critic of Netanyahu.

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(L-R): Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard, US envoy Mike Huckabee held secret meeting at US Jerusalem embassy

Pollard told The Jerusalem Post that the meeting was a personal affair to thank the ambassador for private matters, and emphasized that the event was taken out of context.

|ByCORINNE BAUM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
JONATHAN POLLARD, photographed this week in his Jerusalem home.

'I learned to be tough': Pollard says lifetime of US antisemitism pushed him to spy for Israel

From being bullied in school to his Navy intelligence commander, Jonathan Pollard described how antisemitism shaped his life in the United States.

|ByMORDECHAI HAIMOVITZ, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Washington Watch: Spies – real and imagined

President Donald Trump turned down repeated pleas from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on behalf of Pollard, but that could be about to change.

JUNE 5, 2019ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

Pollard slams Israeli government for not bringing him home

“To be disappointed you have to expect more,” Pollard said in the impromptu interview in a New York restaurant.

MAY 22, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN
Jonathan Pollard

Grapevine: Those were the days

Movers and shakers, how Israeli people shape the places of this country.

APRIL 4, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
IN FRIENDLIER times during a visit to Washington, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Benny Gantz who was then military attache, Jeremy Isacharoff who was then deputy ambassador and his wife Laura Kam

False alarm on Netanyahu bringing Pollard home

Trump has the authority to commute Pollard's sentence to time served and allow him to move to Israel.

MARCH 21, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN
Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, exits following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, May 17, 2017

Bnei Akiva calls for granting Pollard waiver head of Trump-Netanyahu meeting

"The trust as well as the good and warm relations between the two countries and leaders must be expressed by allowing Pollard to come to Israel," the petition read.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Jonathan Pollard

Pollard says Netanyahu-Trump posters prove 'PM has abandoned me'

Pollard was paroled from prison in November 2015 after serving 30 years of a life sentence for passing classified information to Israel.

FEBRUARY 5, 2019ByYAAKOV KATZ
Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, exits following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, May 17, 2017

A plea for Pollard

The story of a life-saving letter that was spurned.

JANUARY 26, 2019ByDAVID STERN/HAMODIA
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

Rabbi: Obama appointees prevent Pollard from completing parole in Israel

“It’s clear that the Justice Department is still staffed by Obama holdovers who are not favorable to Israel, because this decision is clearly against the State of Israel.”

NOVEMBER 27, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, exits following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, May 17, 2017

U.S. rejects Netanyahu's request to allow Pollard to immigrate to Israel

Pollard was paroled on Nov. 20, 2015, after having served 30 years in prison for passing classified information to an ally.

NOVEMBER 21, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Jonathan and Esther Pollard

U.S. rejects Netanyahu's request to allow Pollard to immigrate to Israel

“Pollard has not concealed that he wishes to live in Israel.”

NOVEMBER 21, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
Jonathan and Esther Pollard