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MKs to Biden: Free Pollard in time for Passover

By REBECCA ANNA STOIL

MARCH 10, 2010 21:59

The chairpeople of all but one of the Knesset’s Zionist factions sent a missive Wednesday evening to US Vice President Joe Biden asking for his assistance in releasing jailed spy Jonathan Pollard from a US prison in time for Passover.

“We are respectfully addressing you with an emotional request from the depth of our hearts – to act with compassion and kindness to the ill Jonathan Pollard, and to reduce his prison sentence as a symbolic gesture to the Jewish people in honor of Passover, the festival of our freedom,” wrote the MK Uri Ariel (National Union), the chairman of the Knesset Lobby for Jonathan Pollard.

“Passover, the festival of freedom for our nation is approaching, but the happiness of the holiday is dampened when we know that for the past 25 years, Jonathan Pollard is sitting in an American prison and that his health has recently dramatically declined. Jonathan, who has expressed regret for his actions, received a very harsh sentence, even in comparison to others punished by the United States for similar offenses.”

The MKs noted that the sentence for crimes similar to Pollard’s generally ranges between two to four years. In the letter, the MKs also referred to an interview that Biden had given in the past in which he had said that the request to reduce Pollard’s sentence was “completely rational.”

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