Netanyahu: Pollard Acted As Israeli Agent

[Purveyor]

Jonathan Pollard acted as an agent of the State of Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, in reaction to a comment from Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren that was interpreted as suggesting otherwise.

Pollard is in the 25th year of a life sentence for passing classified information to an ally. While Israel initially made a point of distancing itself from him, the government, in May 1998, during Netanyahu’s first term, formally recognized him as an Israeli agent.

Oren appeared to backtrack from this stance in an interview with Washington radio station WTOP that was interpreted by American and Israeli media as suggesting that Pollard had been part of a rogue operation.

“Jonathan Pollard occurred in the mid-1980s,” Oren told the station. “Now, we’re talking about an event that was run by a rogue organization in the Israeli intelligence community. That was, what, 25 years ago?”

Following reports on Army Radio about Oren’s interview, both Netanyahu and the ambassador issued clarifications.

“Pollard worked as an agent of the State of Israel, and no one is trying to deny this,” Netanyahu said in closed conversations.

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[aquart]

1. That, I believe, is why we put him in jail.

Do you want us to put him in more jail? What, exactly, is your point?

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Donchya love how the word 'clarification' means

"the exact opposite of what I said yesterday".

[catnhatnh]

3. Factually Incorrect....

he is in prison for espionage.