Let’s join the Israeli petition to President Obama asking him to free Jonathan Pollard.
Israel’s Nobel-laureate president, Shimon Peres, backed by thousands of Israelis, is leading an effort to press President Barack Obama during his upcoming visit to Israel to free convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, ending one of the most painful episodes between the two allies.
Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for passing classified material to Israel. He is now in poor health, and his case has become a rallying cry in Israel. We believe that Pollard’s 28 years in prison are excessive punishment.
As of February 28, 2013, more than 65,000 Israelis have signed a petition calling on Obama to free Pollard, the Facebook page of the U.S. embassy in Israel has been flooded with pardon requests and a nationwide campaign began Tuesday urging President Shimon Peres to push for Pollard’s release. He quickly agreed.
So let us all join our Israeli friends in calling on President Barack Obama to free Jonathan Pollard and let him live the rest of his life in Israel.