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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets released US spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard and his wife Esther at Ben Gurion Airport, December 30, 2020 (Courtesy)
1. The spy whom we loved: For years there have been fears that the inevitable arrival of US-Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to Israel would be a minefield for Jerusalem, due to the optics of celebrating a hero who was jailed for decades for spying on the US.
In the end, Pollard’s middle of the night arrival with his ailing wife Esther appears to have been met with something somewhat larger than a whimper but well below the feared-for bang.