New York Daily News

Says let Pollard in

- BY DENIS SLATTERY

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants President Trump to allow convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to move to Israel, according to a report Tuesday.

Netanyahu has appealed to Trump to repeal parole restrictio­ns on the ex-convict and allow him to immigrate to Israel, where his wife lives, Israel’s Channel 2 reports.

Israel has long sought his release and, in a gesture of solidarity, granted Pollard (photo inset) citizenshi­p in 1995.

U.S. authoritie­s accused Pollard of having in 1984 and 1985 provided Israeli contacts with suitcases full of classified documents in exchange for thousands of dollars of payments.

Pollard (photo), an ex-U.S. Navy intelligen­ce analyst, was convicted of espionage in 1987 and sentenced to life in prison.

He was granted parole in November 2015 after serving 30 years. The 63-year-old lost an appeal in May to relax his parole conditions.

A federal appeals court found that Pollard's parole conditions "minimized the risk of harm he continued to pose for United States intelligen­ce.

Pollard is required to wear an ankle monitor, obey a 7 p.m.-to-7 a.m. curfew and allow his computer to be monitored.

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States