DTN News - BREAKING NEWS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Asks U.S. President Barack Obama To Pardon Jailed Spy....NSI # 1394

DTN News - BREAKING NEWS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Asks U.S. President Barack Obama To Pardon Jailed Spy....NSI News Source Info # 1394

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Ari Rabinovitch - Reuters & Toronto Sun

(NSI News Source Info) JERUSALEM, Israel - January 4, 2011: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to U.S. President Barack Obama to grant clemency to imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard in a letter he then read publicly in Israel’s parliament Tuesday.

Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, has been serving a life sentence in the United States since he was caught spying for Israel in the 1980s, triggering a scandal that rocked U.S.-Israeli relations.

“Mr. President, on behalf of the people of Israel, I am writing to you to request clemency for Jonathan Pollard. At the time of his arrest Jonathan was acting as an agent of the Israeli government,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew.

“Even though Israel was in no way directing its intelligence efforts against the United States, its actions were wrong and wholly unacceptable ... Israel will continue to abide by its commitment that such wrongful actions will never be repeated.”

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