prison. what this means is a couple of things. his lawyer says he s going to ask president obama to grant him clemency so he can leave the united states if he wants to or perhaps even leave prison before november 21st which is his release date. secondly they also say that, according to terms of his release, he s going to be required to stay in the united states for five years. again, that can change if president obama grants his request for clemency. that s the request from jonathan pollard s attorneys. we have a statement attributed to mr. pollard from his attorneys. he says mr. pollard is looking forward to being reunited with his wonderful wife ester who lives in israel. we should also note this has been a big issue for the state of israel. the israeli prime minister the israeli government has already been publicly tweeting their thanks that they are grateful
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predicament. it seems to me, it s actually pretty compelling, that if you can t get something consequential for pollard, why trade him? trade him for time. if you told me we re getting the fix to jerusalem borders, we re getting a framework agreement, i d be right there breaking open the champagne. if the president wants to let pollard go, let him release pollard on humanitarian grounds. served long enough, he s ill, let him do that. but don t conflate jonathan pollard s apples to peace process s oranges and undermine the morale of the peace process. if this makes it easier for prime minister netanyahu to make the kinds of concessions the palestinians want, the u.s. want, for domestic political reasons, because as you know pollard is a big issue over there in israel, a lot of israelis think he was betrayed by the israeli government itself. if this makes it easier for netanyahu to make those kinds of concessions, whether settlements or jerusalem or whatever, wouldn t that be worth it
there are now rumblings out there that a deal may be close between the united states and israel on the release of jonathan jay pollard. pollard an american civilian government employee working for naval intelligence was convicted of passing u.s. military secrets to israel. he was sentenced to life in prison back in 1987. pollard s status was likely part of the discussion between the secretary of state john kerry and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu when they met earlier today. kerry will be back in israel tomorrow. joining me now, middle east analyst now with the wilson international center here in washington. you just wrote a tough piece, very strong piece for time magazine. you can t trade pollard for peace. why not? it s logic. it s compelling logic. four u.s. presidents. ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, bill clinton twice, and george w. bush twice, when faced with israeli entreaties declined to
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