Says let Pollard in
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.