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.

MAY 6, 2026|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.

NOVEMBER 20, 2025|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.

NOVEMBER 20, 2025|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.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025|ByJONATHAN POLLARD

A time to pause: Israel at 70

It is time to pause to consider others who are less fortunate, who are not free and those who live under repressive regimes or harsh restrictions.

MAY 17, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Jonathan Pollard and a Jerusalem embassy: Parallels in history?

Pollard's freedom came after protests, hunger strikes, letters, and appeals, and few have looked back since he was released. In the best-case scenario, this, will be the fate of the US Embassy move.

MAY 15, 2018ByHERB KEINON

A worker hangs a road sign directing to the US embassy, in the area of the US consulate in Jerusalem, May 7, 2018.

Netanyahu defends policies that have alienated U.S. Jews

“Sometimes there’s disagreement” with the United States “and sometimes we even acted in the greater interest” of Israel."

MARCH 6, 2018ByJTA/RON KAMPEAS

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Netanyahu: World powers appear open to fixing the Iran deal

“The threat that we all see is a resurgent Iran that is bent not only on dominating the region [the Middle East] but [also] bent on developing nuclear weapons,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said.

NOVEMBER 2, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF