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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Netanyahu to make formal request on Pollard to Obama

JTA- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking President Obama for convicted spy Jonathan Pollard's release.

Netanyahu said Tuesday he would formally ask Obama to set free Pollard, who was sentenced to life in 1987 for spying for Israel.

A number of Jewish groups routinely request Pollard's release each December, when presidents consider how to apply their executive privilege to pardon the convicted or commute their sentences.

Netanyahu's request could be tied to considerations of peace talks with the Palestinians, which are mired in an impasse over settlement building.

The last time Netanyahu sought such a release, during his previous stint as prime minister in 1998, it was linked to peace talks with the Palestinians. President Clinton considered the request but turned down Netanyahu at the behest of his intelligence agencies. Read more
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