He served thirty years in jail, and five years of probation. Now he is free to go.
I really have a factual question, Will the Israelis hand him a big pot of money when he gets there? What is the etiquette for this awkward situation?
I suppose the little sneak will end up in some gated community never to be seen in public again. Any guesses or comments?
Who the frak is Jonathan Pollard and why should I care about him and his going to Israel. That link gives absolutely no background whatsoever.
As I said in another thread:
Look, I’m not a fan of Pollard, but he did his time. There’s no way he still knows any secret information. Let the man go.
As for giving him some money: probably not, unless they had some sort of legally-binding agreement with him. I don’t think he’ll disappear into a gated community - mainly because there aren’t really any of those here. He’ll do some talk shows and then fade into obscurity.
Not just a few talk shows, and not too much fading, either.
Unfortunately, he’s going to get treated like a rock star.
There will be enormous crowds cheering him when he steps off the plane, and dozens of right-wing politicians will make pilgrimages to his house, and stage photo -ops with him before every election.
And it’s going to be a fairly serious political embarrassment to Israel, It will provide lots of fodder for the Progressive branch of the Democratic party, and the BDS movement, and anti-Semites in general.
That sort of treatment would be an embarrassment for Israel , as you said. It also seems downright rude. It will be interesting to see how this will go.
I feel the same and for the same reasons. I wasn’t a fan of the machinations over the years to try to spring him early, but justice has been done here. I don’t think any other potential spies are going to look at Pollard and think, “That guy got off light.”