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Israel welcomes Pollard, its former spy in US, with prayer
Jonathan Pollard, the American convicted of spying for Israel, leaves a New York court house following his release from prison early on Friday after 30 years on November 20, 2015 in New York, New York [Spencer Platt/Getty Images] December 30, 2020 at 8:17 am
A former US Navy analyst who served 30 years in prison for spying for Israel moved there on Wednesday and was welcomed with a prayer of thanksgiving by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports
Reuters.
Jonathan Pollard, 66, had long voiced a desire to emigrate to Israel, which granted him citizenship. The espionage affair strained US-Israel relations for decades.
JERUSALEM (AP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he personally welcomed convicted U.S. spy Jonathan Pollard at Israel’s international airport early on Wednesday.
“Welcome back. How good that you’ve come home,” Netanyahu said, according to a statement released by his office. He told them they could start their new lives in freedom.
A video showed Pollard kissing the ground. It quoted Pollard as saying he was “very excited” to be in Israel.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
JERUSALEM (AP) Jonathan Pollard, who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel, arrived in Israel early Wednesday with his wife, an Israeli newspaper reported, culminating a decades-long affair that had long strained relations between the two close allies.