...organization long ago. Its role, when it comes to this region, is to demonize the State of Israel - the liberal democratic and sovereign nation-state of the Jewish people - to de-legitimize it, and therefore the people whose nation-state the State of Israel is its nation-state, i.e. the Jewish people; and to undermine Israel very existence. This is the last group of people that has the right to tell us, Jews, how to protect our very first of all human rights: the right to life and life's defense.

head from the rest of his body

But even then I will have my reservations, I will hope to hear about "it" dying in the near future

Pollard was set free after18 years. Pollard is still rotting in a US prison after more than 28 years. And yes, Pollard is a hero. The true criminals are Weinberger, the DoJ and the American Judges who accepted intentionally made false promises, and never disclosed their information against the accused.

Israel is a democracy with laws and wan independet legal system, Amnesty International is an unelected NGO, they answer to nobody, do not base their decisions on law just their own point of view. Some people see Vanunu as a hero and believe Israel should have awarded him a medal for heroism rather than a jail sentence. Fact is though he broke Israeli law, Amnesty might think its unfair but he broke the law. Let Vanunu go he will go on the global anti Israel lecture circuit getting paid $1 million an hour write a few books telling the world all about Israel's nuclear program. The man should have slipped in the shower and broken his neck when he was in jail rather than being released.

I have a great topic for you to address. Consider protesting the highly restrictive, unreasonable conditions of Jonathan Pollard's imprisonment? Solitary confinement? That's unduly harsh -- Aldrich Ames, Robert Hansson and John Walker are not kept in solitary confinement. Neither are the Unabomber or the assorted terrorist trash imprisoned with him. So, why does AI have nothing to say about Jonathan Pollard? Kind of reduces your already fragile credibility, you know? Vanunu is lucky to be alive. If most Israelis had their way, he wouldn't be. Trust me.

This man did irreparable harm to the State of Israel. Let him rot in jail for the rest of his worhtless life.

I thought Vanuunu was an israeli citizen living in israel, subject to israeli law ?

The United States was withholding crucial information from Israel in direct contravention of an intelligence-sharing agreement between Israel and the United States; moreover, the United States was revealing information about Israel's military defenses to countries that are foes of the State of Israel. So yes, Jonathan Pollard is a hero. Successive United States administrations are sacks of lying scum. And Jonathan Pollard is paying the price for the United States' embarrassment.

drugged for eight years against his will? Missing in action, just like the International Red Cross and Red Crescent.

I think he should be happy that he is out of prison. Every would be person who thinks of leaking information on current programs (or past) should know that it will affect them for the rest of their lives. He had a duty to Israel not to disclose information. He disclosed information. Again, he should be happy he is not still in prison. Life should be so bad, to live in Israel, not be able to travel, not chat on internet and not talk to journalists.

If we had the death penalty for TREASON, we would not have to continuosly deal with this problem.....AM YISROEL CHAI

International laws apply to nation states inluding Israel. Duh.

does Amnesty Intl exist solely to criticize israel?

you know who's apparently a hero? bin Laden, hitler, Palestinian terrorists, hezbollah, and even vannunu. The question is, a hero to who? So yes, to Israelis pollard is a hero, and everyone on that list isn't!

As usual you hit the nail on the head, when it comes to betrayed Israel are heroes if people betray America or other countries they are criminals. The big mistake the Israeli government did was not arrange for him to have a very unfortunate fatal accident in prison.

If Pollard is indeed kept in solitary confinement all that time, then I do think this is a brutal form of torture, which should be adressed by AI. BTW: Why don't you trust yourself some more, so you will not have to overreach and overshout all the time.

nation of Russia to enter Ukrain is ok... Some important nations showing around here. Ones with permissions to slap around yellow Mogen Dovid, yellow Crescents...

In General Amnesty International is Ok but did not do much for the Genocides Because it is not a superpower with many Thermonuclear Weapons but Humanitarians World wide ought to respect it .But Vanunu has stated that the Jews don't need Israel and Post Holocaust it makes him look like a Self Hating nutcase with Severe Self Hate Traits .Somewhat of a Weirdo Malicious also.

And I assume we will see Amnesty's statement regarding Pollard's disproportionate prison sentence soon, yes?