Former PM Netanyahu Visits Pollard In Prison by Ellis Shulman, Editor - Israelinsider.com - January 9, 2002 Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited, for the first time, convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, in his North Carolina jail on Monday. Netanyahu said he found Pollard to be an "especially intelligent man" and offered condolences on the recent death of Pollard's mother. "The governments of Israel have acted in the past and will continue to act in the future in every way possible in order to bring about your release," Netanyahu said he told Pollard. Netanyahu is the senior-most Israeli figure to have visited Pollard in prison so far, Yediot Aharonot reported. It was during Netanyahu's tenure as prime minister that the government publicly acknowledged that Pollard served as an Israeli agent and intensified its actions to secure his release. The media reported that Netanyahu conditioned his acceptance of the Wye River agreements in 1998 on Pollard's release, an allegation that Netanyahu afterwards denied. [J4JP note:Jonathan Pollard's release was negotiated at Wye as an integral part of the Wye Accords, which is still binding upon the US to this day. For details See "Terror in the US and the Pollard Case" by Larry Dub Esq.] see also: Let pollard go the official Web Site authorized by Jonathan & Esther Pollard |
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