Jonathan Pollard

Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard joins politics, calls to annex Gaza Strip

Pollard, who had spent 30 years in prison for spying and providing Israel with top-secret classified information, has has since become a strong critic of Netanyahu.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Jonathan Pollard seen during a tour of the Sovereignty movement and the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council in the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank on February 12, 2023.
(L-R): Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard, US envoy Mike Huckabee held secret meeting at US Jerusalem embassy

Pollard told The Jerusalem Post that the meeting was a personal affair to thank the ambassador for private matters, and emphasized that the event was taken out of context.

|ByCORINNE BAUM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
JONATHAN POLLARD, photographed this week in his Jerusalem home.

'I learned to be tough': Pollard says lifetime of US antisemitism pushed him to spy for Israel

From being bullied in school to his Navy intelligence commander, Jonathan Pollard described how antisemitism shaped his life in the United States.

|ByMORDECHAI HAIMOVITZ, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operates in West Bank, September 9, 2025.

Why Smotrich’s 82% sovereignty plan over the West Bank is not enough - opinion

The fact of the matter is that unless all the Arabs occupying the territories are expelled, say, to Syria, their threat to our people will remain.

|ByJONATHAN POLLARD

What is Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard's life like after aliyah?

The 68-year-old convicted spy Jonathan Pollard says he has moved on from his decades in US prison and is now living in Israel.

APRIL 11, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
‘I CAN NEVER say never but I find it highly improbable that I would become an MK... I’m not a follower.’

Grapevine February 22, 2023: A matter of timing

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 22, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Irwin Cotler, Canada’s new Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.

Grapevine January 11, 2023: The Pollard project

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 11, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
SEEN AT Tzomet Bookstore at Hashalom Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv, Gil Samsonov’s book in English for NIS 750.

WATCH: Former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard married

The wedding comes just around a year after the passing of Pollard's wife, Esther.

OCTOBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JONATHAN POLLARD

Jonathan Pollard, ex-spy for Israel, engaged to be married

Jonathan Pollard was originally set to announce his engagement earlier Wednesday but postponed it until after the funeral of Maj. Bar Falah.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JONATHAN POLLARD

Why did Jonathan Pollard swipe his political endorsement? - opinion

Jonathan Pollard's Hebrew isn't fluent enough for him to have been fully cognizant of the content of Ayelet Shaked’s numerous newspaper, radio and TV interviews.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
JONATHAN POLLARD arrives at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City in 2017.

Israel elections: Jonathan Pollard withdraws endorsement of Ayelet Shaked

Ayelet Shaked is the leader of the Zionist Spirit party that she formed with Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel.

AUGUST 30, 2022ByARIELLA MARSDEN
JONATHAN POLLARD arrives at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City in 2017.

Mourning Jerusalem icon Mechoel Pomeranz

His eponymous bookstore is well known among Jerusalem’s English-speaking community for its eclectic collection of Jewish books.

JULY 16, 2022ByALDEN TABAC
MECHOEL POMERANZ passed away after a lengthy illness.

Grapevine: Giving Pollard a voice

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 9, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Jonathan Pollard attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem. Esther died of COVID complications at the age of 68, January 31, 2022.

Letters to the Editor May 11, 2022: Ignoring realities

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MAY 10, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters