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

How Pollard was held captive by 35 years of politics - analysis

A number of previous opportunities to release Pollard were passed up.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard departs US District court after a hearing with his wife Elaine in the Manhattan borough of New York December 14, 2015.

Alan Dershowitz: Cautious, optimistic that Pollard will go free

Dershowitz said that if what he called "the unjustified parole restrictions" are renewed, he has a chance to receive commutation from US President Donald Trump.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

It's time to free Jonathan Pollard

US authorities need to do the right thing and put an end to the Pollard saga.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

Freedom for Jonathan Pollard is a matter of urgency – opinion

The Pollards are not only US citizens, they are also Israeli citizens; and lest we think that Israel has been there for the Pollards throughout their tortuous travails, think again.

NOVEMBER 17, 2020BySHOLOM STRAJCHER
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

Jonathan Pollard's parole restrictions to expire next week unless extended

It is up to the Justice Department to renew Pollard's strict parole conditions by the time his five year parole is up.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

Young Israel calls for Jonathan Pollard's parole conditions to be dropped

The appeal was made to President Trump on humanitarian grounds, as Pollard's wife is suffering from cancer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Jonathan Pollard

Jewish organizations ask Trump to end Jonathan Pollard’s parole conditions

Orthodox Union president Mark Bane emphasized in his letter the difficulty of the curfew conditions.

NOVEMBER 5, 2019ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, exits following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, May 17, 2017

How to make sense of the accusations that Israel spies on the U.S.

Israel has spied on the United States, which does not make every report of Israeli spying true.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, exits following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, May 17, 2017

Editor's Notes: A visit to Pollard’s Manhattan apartment

The words “Pollard’s Manhattan apartment” might have the average person think of a doorman, a view of the Big Apple, a large apartment, and the “easy life.” The reality is far from it.

JUNE 20, 2019ByYAAKOV KATZ
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

Washington Watch: Spies – real and imagined

President Donald Trump turned down repeated pleas from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on behalf of Pollard, but that could be about to change.

JUNE 5, 2019ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City