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.

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

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

IDF operates in West Bank, September 9, 2025.

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


Grapevine April 16, 2021: Mixed emotions

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, with IDF orphans.

WATCH: Pollard dedicates Torah Scroll written in prison to Joseph's Tomb

"I feel a personal connection to this place, to Joseph who is buried here and to everything that he went through," Pollard said.

Jonathan Pollard carries the dedicated Torah Scroll into the site of Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank, April 12, 2021.

Jonathan Pollard is wrong, causes great harm to Jews, Israel - opinion

Many Jews, especially those involved in the political, security and intelligence world, felt the sting of Pollard’s damage the first time around, and now he is compounding the damage.

JONATHAN POLLARD arrives at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City in 2017.

Pollard: Jews ‘will always have dual loyalty’ & should consider spying for Israel

“If you’re outside Israel, then you live in a society in which you are basically considered unreliable,” he said.

JONATHAN POLLARD arrives at US District Court in New York City in 2016.

Grapevine: United in devotion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

UNITED HATZALAH founder Eli Beer when he returned to Israel on the Adelson jet following his recovery from coronavirus.

Trump pardons Aviem Sella, Jonathan Pollard's handler

"This puts an end to the open wound of the episode after 35 years," Pollard said.

In a departure from protocol, commander Aviem Sella directed the fighter jets that attacked the SAM batteries in 1982

The most notable names on Trump's pardon list

In a since-deleted tweet in November, rapper Kodak Black promised to spend $1 million on charity if the president released him, the hip-hop magazine XXL reported.

US President Donald Trump speaks about early results from the 2020 US presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, November 4, 2020.

Jonathan Pollard out of quarantine, strolling Jerusalem – In Pictures

Pollard landed in Israel on December 30 and immediately entered quarantine per government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions.

Jonathan Pollard and his wife, Esther, in Jerusalem after leaving coronavirus quarantine, January 17, 2021

Pollard pension to be paid by Israel - intel minister

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted the Pollards at Ben-Gurion Airport, handed him an identity card and a special Israeli-developed face mask.

Jonathan Pollard

Grapevine January 1, 2021: For the love of Yiddish

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

UNITED HATZALAH founder Eli Beer when he returned to Israel on the Adelson jet following his recovery from coronavirus.