Hundreds of people demonstrated on Sunday evening outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, calling on the U.S. to release imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. The demonstrators held signs reading "Free Pollard" and "29 years, that's enough." "We are appealing to the Americans and telling them, 'Enough,'" Shai said. "It's been almost 30 years. This man has paid everything he owes to American society and American law. Let him go." Pollard's wife, Esther, said, "Today, after 30 years, there is no one in the world who doesn't know that the life sentence Jonathan is serving is completely out of proportion and unfair." Pollard, now 59, was arrested in Washington in November 1985. He was convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to life in prison.
Credit: Koby Amehiri
A number of Knesset members took part in the demonstration, including Moshe Feiglin and Tzachi Hanegbi (both Likud), Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli (Habayit Hayehudi) and Nachman Shai (Labor).
Hundreds of demonstrators call on US to release Pollard
Imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard has paid his debt and it is time to let him go, say MKs at rally outside U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv • Esther Pollard says husband's life sentence is "out of proportion."
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