Bill Clinton, ever ready to accommodate Israeli interests, nearly pardoned Pollard in 1998 , but he was dissuaded by threats of an open revolt in the intelligence community. Pollard will be eligible for release in a little over three years’ time as federal guidelines interpret a life sentence to be a maximum of thirty years in prison and it might even be as soon as next year if he is paroled. One thing is certain, when he leaves prison he will head straight for Israel, which has granted him citizenship and has both a town square and a residential building in Jerusalem named after him. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared an unofficial holiday in his honor. There will no doubt be a victory parade.
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 17:14:12 +0000
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