After 35 Years, Former Spy Jonathan Pollard Arrives in Israel
Maya Margit
12/30/2020
Controversial figure landed overnight with no prior announcement and was greeted by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
Supporters of Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst and one of the most high-profile spies in history, called his arrival in Israel on Wednesday “long overdue.”
Pollard, 66, served 30 years in federal prison for spying for Israel, an affair that caused tension between Israel and the United States for many years. For the last five years Pollard has lived in a small New York apartment under a restrictive parole.
With no prior announcement, Pollard and his wife, Esther, landed at Ben-Gurion Airport in a private plane early Wednesday morning and were welcomed on the tarmac by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who handed them Israeli national identity cards.