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Nissan, 5768
April, '08
Translated from
Makor Rishon newspaper.
To Mr. Moti Sklar
Director of Israel Broadcast Authority
Re: The IBA’s Contribution to Jonathan Pollard’s Continued
Incarceration
Dear Sir,
After 24 years in which the State of Israel has betrayed and abandoned
the man who risked his life to save her, the Jonathan Pollard issue
has recently returned to the headlines. As such, I was pleased to hear
that a special show on Jonathan Pollard would be broadcast on Israel’s
state-run Channel 2 radio last Thursday at 10 p.m. As broadcaster
Pe’erli Shachar announced time and again, the subject of the show
would be, “Jonathan Pollard: the refusal of the U.S. to release him
and the efforts made by the governments of Israel to obtain his
release.”
Pe’erli Shachar interviewed seven people on her show. But of all the
interviewees, only two supported Pollard. All the others spoke against
the man who risked his life for all of us.
Whoever is interested in understanding the reason why our brother
Jonathan is still in jail, should read the summary of the Channel 2
radio show, as follows:
Interviewee 1: Dr. Ronen Bergman, Journalist
Bergman accused Pollard of being responsible for his plight. According
to Bergman, Pollard made too much noise and holds right-wing views,
thus precluding his release.
Interviewee 2: Larry Dubb, Pollard’s Attorney
Larry Dubb was the only person on the show who presented facts and not
speculations. Dubb, however, speaks a slow, heavily accented Hebrew,
rendering him less eloquent than some of the other, hostile
interviewees. If listeners were convinced by Dubb, the other
interviewees summarily “balanced” the positive impression of Pollard
that Dubb had temporarily created.
Interviewee 3: Amnon Dror, Government Director of Pollard Affair
Dror claimed that all of Israel’s leaders have requested Jonathan’s
release. He also claimed that Pollard and those close to him have
received heavy government funding. Dror, of course, brought no proof
of his words. He also slickly blamed Pollard for his plight, citing
that Pollard fired the legal representatives that the Israeli
government had hired for him. Dror forgot to mention that those
attorneys gave the Americans all the tools that they needed to keep
Jonathan in jail, including not submitting an appeal on time.
Interviewee 4: Natan Ra’anan, Berel Katznelson Foundation
This man simply claimed that Pollard spied for money, damaged American
interests, worked for an independent organization and that Israel owes
him nothing. Ra’anan, like most of the other interviewees, explained
the American side of the story, completely ignoring the fact that
Pollard acted to save him and his country.
Interviewee 5: Professor Michael Bar Zohar, Liaison of U.S. Jewish
Organizations
Bar Zohar was a refreshing change in the hostile atmosphere that
Israel’s Broadcasting Authority concocted against the Israeli spy
rotting in prison. As opposed to the interviewees who preceded him, he
did not attack Pollard. But he certainly did not support him. Bar
Zohar also explained the American side of the story, citing a strange
conspiracy theory – (that the Americans think that Pollard still knows
something that he did not reveal.)
Interviewee 6: Dr. Guy Bechor, Journalist
Bechor explained that he does not know the details of the affair. But
he knowledgably explained how Pollard betrayed American trust and is
thus receiving his due, as is accepted practice in the US. Bechor
ignored the fact that spies from nations hostile to America, who
actually harmed American interests and even brought about the deaths
of American agents, were released from U.S. prisons after serving only
a few years. The reason that they were released is very simple: their
countries remained loyal to them. Bechor adopted the American stand
with no commitment to the man who sacrificed his life for him.
Interviewee 7: A Professor from the Ariel College.
Beside Pollard’s attorney, this man was the only interviewee to
present Pollard in a positive light. But the man did not add more than
general sympathy for Pollard to the discussion.
The impression that Israel’s public broadcasting system made on the
public is clear:
The impression created by the Channel 2 special report is that
Pollard is to blame for his plight, the Americans are right, Israel is
doing all it can to attain his release and even that Pollard is the
bad side of the story.
The Israel Broadcasting Authority did not interview the real experts
on the Pollard case – the people who know the facts and who are
willing to openly stand behind the Jewish patriot rotting in prison.
After listening to the IBA’s special broadcast for Pollard, those
people who still cannot understand why Pollard is still in jail after
24 years of Israeli “efforts” to attain his release - may finally
catch on.
Sincerely,
Moshe Feiglin
Karnei Shomron
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Manhigut Yehudit hails the heroic Prisoners of Zion - those Jews who
spent years in the Soviet Gulags solely because they were Jewish. We salute
them for their past, and we salute their current initiative to have Jonathan
Pollard - a current Prisoner of Zion - released from his captivity.
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM 13 FORMER PRISONERS OF ZION
May 6, 2008...
Dear Mr. President,
 We are a group of people who were
Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR (Russian prisoners of Zion, Russian
dissidents). Our principle of identifying with our brethren and with Israel,
with justice, freedom and the battle against obvious and veiled
anti-Semitism took a toll of many years of imprisonment in the Soviet Union.
However, none of us even came close to the period of imprisonment of a
quarter of a century as is taking place in your country in the case of
Jonathan Pollard.
We are referring to an ailing human being. If, God forbid, he passes away in
prison, complex questions will remain unanswered that may damage the
reputation and affect the conscience of America. Pollard functioned in a
period when the evil Soviet empire of cruelty, espionage and world
subversion was at its peak. Every clear-thinking person can ask himself: Is
there any agent of this horrible and hostile power that remains in an
American prison? We all know the answer is – Nyet.
Has anyone who operated against the USA during that period on behalf of any
foreign intelligence service whatsoever been punished with such severity as
Pollard? Again, we all know the answer is – Nyet.
Therefore, the question arises regarding the discrimination against Pollard.
He exposed the ominous secrets of Iraq, not of the USA, in order to save a
country friendly to America (the only one democratic, bona fide and reliable
friend in the Middle East - Israel). So why is he loathed more than any true
enemy? Why is he treated in such a brutal manner? Why and for what reason is
the earsplitting injustice? Is his Jewish origin or his devotion to Israel
the cause of this treatment? Is there really equality before the law in the
United States of America or are there people of lesser value than others?
You, Mr. President, have the power now to correct this injustice, but only
as long as two flames remain: the flame of the life of Jonathan Pollard and
the flame of your term of office. You have the opportunity to pardon Pollard
and enter the history books as the one who removed this dark stain on the
conscience of your country. This is an act of benevolence of the highest
order, appropriate for the President of the world power, who supposedly
stands for the struggle against world malice. We call upon you to respond in
a positive manner to the call of the conscience of freedom-loving people
everywhere.
Sincerely yours,
Ida Nudel
Yosef Mendelovich
Ruald Zelichonick
Lasalle Kaminski
Lazar Leoverski
Aryeh Vudka
Silva Zalmanson
Anatoly Altman
Kim Friedman
Ephraim Cholmianski
Dovid Maayan
Baruch Shilkrut
Aharon Spielberg
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