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

From the editor: Remembering Esther Pollard, a woman of valor

May Jonathan be comforted by the good memories he has of Esther, and may her memory be a blessing forever.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022BySTEVE LINDE
Esther Pollard with her husband, Jonathan, and Louis Kemp a month before she died.

Rally to be held in memory of Esther Pollard

Many top politicians have paid respects to Jonathan by coming to the shiva for his wife.

FEBRUARY 5, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Jonathan and Esther Pollard

Death of a queen: Remembering Esther Pollard

TRIBUTE: She will inspire generations to come with the undying love and devotion she demonstrated to Jonathan, to the Land of Israel and to the Jewish people.

FEBRUARY 3, 2022BySTEWART WEISS
ESTHER POLLARD visits Jerusalem in 2013.

Esther Pollard: The Elaine I remember - opinion

Elaine had her opinions – and you had better be sure of yours if you dared to cross her.

FEBRUARY 3, 2022ByFERN ALLEN
ESTHER POLLARD makes a point during a conversation with then-president Shimon Peres in 2012, as she waged the battle for husband Jonathan’s release.

Letters to the Editor February 2, 2022: Mockery of the rule of law

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 1, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Esther Pollard dies after being rushed to hospital

Her husband, Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard, eulogizes: ‘In God’s good time, we will be together again. Until then, I will love you forever”

JANUARY 31, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jonathan Pollard attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem. Esther died of COVID complications at the age of 68, January 31, 2022.

Jonathan Pollard's former handler gets promoted to brigadier general

Aviem Sella was supposed to get the rank 34 years ago.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM, GIL HOFFMAN
In a departure from protocol, commander Aviem Sella directed the fighter jets that attacked the SAM batteries in 1982

Jonathan Pollard: Let's 'decisively' win the war for Jerusalem

He spoke in support of a push by the Right to hold a flag march in Jerusalem that went through the Damascus Gate and the Muslim Quarter.

JUNE 10, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Jonathan Pollard is seen addressing the Youth for Sovereignty Conference defending the right for Jews to walk anywhere in Jerusalem, on June 10, 2021.

Jonathan Pollard makes aliyah to Israel 35 years after his arrest

For many in Israel, it was the culmination of decades of struggling for Pollard’s freedom.

JUNE 9, 2021ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Jonathan Pollard at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Pollard: Israel should expel US diplomats

Israel should leave the UN, which is "Knesset of hate," he tells Merkaz Harav Yeshiva

MAY 11, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
JONATHAN POLLARD arrives at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City in 2017.