Pollard’s release

Regarding the announcement that Jonathan Pollard is slated to be set free (“Pollard to be released Nov. 20,” July 29), while it was truly wonderful to learn that Pollard will finally be released from prison after serving 30 years of his life sentence, there was a catch. Pollard will not be allowed to move to Israel for the next five years. Unfortunately that means that places like Tel Aviv or Eilat are no-go areas for Pollard until 2020. However, given that the US State Department does not recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel, surely the US government should have no objections to Pollard moving to our unrecognized capital city the day after he is freed from prison. KENNY FISHER

Jerusalem

The granting of parole to Jonathan Pollard does not meet the conditions of The Jerusalem Post’s excellent editorial in the Friday paper (“Don’t parole Pollard,” July 31) calling for Pollard “to be set free.” It is up to Pollard’s talented pro-bono attorneys, Elliot Lauer and Jacques Semmelman, to change that condition.

The same edition of the paper has the informative article of former MK Dov Lipman (“The lesson of Jonathan Pollard,” July 31). Yes, Rabbi Lipman , I agree with you that “Thank God,Jonathan will now be free.” But sorry rabbi, I cannot agree with your assertion that five presidents kept “Pollard in jail because of his love of America” and “to protect the United States of America.”

Loyalty to America is fine, but America’s judicial system does not have to close its eyes to compassion and mercy.

LEONARD KAHN

Zichron Yaakov