Democrats in US congress urge Obama to release Pollard

by Jerusalem Post Four Democrats in Congress urged US President Barack Obama to release Jonathan Pollard as a means of advancing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. A letter circulating among other members of the US House of Representatives and initiated by Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) “notes…

Remember Jonathan Pollard

Dear General Hutchens, The recent unpleasantness between the Obama administration and the Likud-led government of Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s refusal to stop building in the eastern part of Jerusalem has led many in Israel to believe that the current administration is pro-Palestinian. While previous American administrations pressured Israel to cede territory to various Palestinian interlocutors…