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Pollard campaign manager: US spied on Israel, but won't forgive Jonathan
Michal Margalit
Published: 03.11.13, 18:44
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1. Release Pollard. Anti-semitism - unfair sentence.
bob k ,   orlando us   (11.03.13)
2. doesnt work that way
anton ,   istanbul   (11.03.13)
pollard is us citizen he spied against his own country, thats treason plus argument is invalid since its known everyone spies on everyone
3. Usually I'm not the one to scream antisemitism on everything
Tahl   (11.03.13)
But in Pollard's case, antisemitism definitely plays a major part in his continued incarceration. Even the fiercest opponents of his release (Cameron, Sheik Rattle & Roll, et al) would admit that had he been a gentile spying for a country other than Israel, he would have been a free man decades ago. But as a Jew who spied for Israel, Pollard's freedom was sacrificed by the US to placate its Arab allies whose cooperation was needed - as a sort of counter-weight to America's perceived pro-Israel stance. Of course, this continued spiteful incarceration does not preclude Obama and Kerry from pressuring Israel to release Palestinian murderers. Nor does it preclude the NSA from spying on Israel. American hypocrisy at its best.
4. No longer even a pretense of morality in America anymore
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (11.03.13)
Pollard is up for parole anyway in a year or two.
5. Once Oboma do somting correct!!
Marianne van Geuns ,   Israel   (11.03.13)
I have no hope that Obama wil release Jonathan Pollard.Nou we can send Obama for 29 to jail.Yes yes!!!You know the reason????For spyimg om Israel !!!!!!
6. TO NR. 2.
SJOERD VAN DER VELDE ,   OUR BIG MULTIVERSE   (11.03.13)
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT CASE SOMEONE/SOMEBODY BETTER CAN JUDGE HER/HIS OWN TOWN/MUNICIPALITY OR CITY AND STATE/NATION/LAND OR COUNTRY. SALUTE, SJOERD RUURD.
7. Only Diplomatic Power Will Free Pollard
A Yid ,   Haifa   (11.03.13)
Pollard will not be released as a good will gesture to Israel. Israel hold something over Obama's head to get Pollard out. How about freezing Kerry's talks until Pollard is released? Obama desperately wants those talks. Make him pay for them with Pollard.
8. U.S.A.
DANNY LOFTY ,   ENGLAND   (11.03.13)
I HAVE LOST COMPLETE FAITH IN AMERI CA. OBAMA IS CHICKEN ANYWAY WE DONT NEED AMERICA.
9. And if we caught American Spy like Pollard ?
Roland Seener ,   London England   (11.03.13)
10. Prisoner 09185-016 release on 11/21/15
On the Balcony   (11.03.13)
Pollard has two years left according to the official federal bureau of prisons prisoner information web site. He will not be pardoned and an early release on humanitarian grounds seems unlikely. He's done the crime, he's almost finished serving the time.
11. Out in 2 years
Terry ,   Chicago   (11.03.13)
Nov 2015 scheduled for release.
12. Tell you what
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.03.13)
Now would be the perfect political climate for Israel to proffer the proof it has -- proof positive -- that Obama was born in Kenya, and is thus ineligible to be the president of the United States. What are we waiting for?
13. Pollard is a HERO...Obama a TRAITOR !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (11.03.13)
14. US dont ever release Pollard,let the traitor rot.......
marko ,   tel aviv   (11.03.13)
15. Pollard had info that would embarass U.S.
Alan ,   LA, California   (11.04.13)
Pollard was passing intelligence to Israel that the US had on Iran, Iraq and other MId East countries but would not share with the Israelis. Remember, it was VP Bush under Ronald Reagan who initiated the sale of biological and chemical weapons to Saddam during the 1980's. Reagan actually wanted Saddam to acquire a nuclear weapon thinking it would be used against Iran which explains why he was so upset when Israel bombed Iraq's nuke reactors in 1981. Pollard like Noreiga had very embarrassing information about the US government and what they were doing, that is why both were locked away for good and can never be heard from again.
16. Pollard is a political pawn
Galut ia ,   Selah   (11.04.13)
and Obama does not mind using him for all he can get out of israel ... pollards illness may get him before he is released
17. it is a hopeless cause
CJK   (11.04.13)
jewish pollard who spied for Israel will never be shown any measure of justice or compassion by the Israel hating obama administration.
18. 12
robert ,   brisbane   (11.04.13)
If there was proof positive that Obama was born in Kenya---?.As if you would know what the US Govnt does not know.
19. No, our gay, Muslim President will never release him.
No Way   (11.04.13)
20. So .....
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.04.13)
.... Fort Meade has been listening in on Israeli military communications, eh? Good luck with the codes, nosy Parkers!
21. #12 Please SarahB, you're embarassing
On the Balcony   (11.04.13)
everyone with such nonsense. (though at least you are no longer claiming that Pollard is ineligible for release.) Ayway, Obama is merely the last in a line of Presidents who have refused to release the traitor Pollard. But don't despair --maybe Obama will let Pollard out a year early in exchange for Israel's recognition of Palestine and withdrawal of civilian settlements from the occupied territories.?
22.  Pollard campaign
Jack ,   Tel Aviv Israel   (11.04.13)
You idiots. Pollard was tried for TREASON. He is and was an American citizen, who happens to have dual nationality He was lucky not to be executed. Stop making this an anti Jewish or anti Israeli thing. Pollard spied against his OWN COUNTRY
23. no12
Mike Carmel ,   Rishon le Zion   (11.04.13)
He was born in Hawaii. Even you know that.
24. a reason why pollard deserves to die in prison
tadzio ,   deering, nh   (11.04.13)
Israel sold some of the information to the Soviets who proceeded to kill several hundred intel assets, devastating US intelligence behind the Iron Curtain. The Israeli government's betrayal of America was enabled by Pollard's treason. As for Pollard, release him into the general prison population and in a few days the issue will be moot. His body should be cremated and the ashes flushed down a sewer without ceremony.
25. To Sarah no. 12 and her opponent 21
Tomi ,   Budapest Hungary   (11.04.13)
Sarah may be not correct this time ( we do not know ...),but she definitely loves Israel. "On the balcony " no. 21 is filled with bias and hatred towards Eretz. So not Sarah is embarrasing but those who use Jewish web sites withou the minimum empathy towards Israel. No. 21: why dont you publish your anti Israel feeleings in any Arab media. They are waiting for you Finally: Pollard is a simple Zionist ,but Jew haters do not understand at all this...
26. Netanyahu, go find a mirror
Ralph Haglund, PhD ,   Sweden   (11.04.13)
then start practising NO NO NO NO NO until it sits there. And then use it on Kerry the next time. Kerry demands murderers free who would never go free in the US, Pollard has not even murdered a kid. If BB releases any more murderers to Abbas great joy, he would be looked down at by every civilized human being, only not Obama and Kerry.
27. The Pollard Tragedy
Brod ,   USA   (11.04.13)
America's institutions have been infiltrated and dominated by Papist Anti-Semites and Anti-Israel elements that hate Israel Papism invented Anti-Semitism that led to the persecution of Jews and Judeo-Christians during the Dark Ages for 1260 years starting in 538 AD, Inquisitions and later, the Holocaust. It is time for Judeo-Christians/Protestants to rise up and reclaim their country from the dark forces. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul should lead out the Protestants in America to counter these dark forces that working hand in hand with their counterparts-Islamist-Jihadists in crusading against Israel. They continue to shackle Pollard in their prison of inhumanity because of Anti-Semitism!
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