# Jonathan Pollard: Release or Don't Release **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 28, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408 "2015-07-28T17:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/121 "2015-11-20T15:36:09Z")
How so? You think Netanyahu personally gives a shit about what happens to Pollard? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/122 "2015-11-20T15:45:41Z")
Here’s NPR’s coverage of his release. Some Israeli public reaction: [Israeli Supporters Lobby To Bring Jonathan Pollard Home After Release : NPR](http://www.npr.org/2015/11/19/456683593/israeli-supporters-lobby-to-bring-jonathan-pollard-home-after-release) His lawyers have now sued to change the terms of his Federal parole: [U.S. Releases Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard After 30-Year Prison Term : The Two-Way : NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/20/456761664/u-s-releases-convicted-spy-jonathan-pollard) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/123 "2015-11-20T17:18:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > How so? You think Netanyahu personally gives a shit about what happens to Pollard? Very much so as a political talking point. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/124 "2015-11-20T17:28:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*/i] > > Yep, being forced to live in a university town in Indiana is tantamount to life in a Klan HOA. > > . Lines like this are why I am a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/125 "2020-08-23T17:21:25Z")
Bumped. An update: [https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-source-jonathan-pollard-will-be-brought-to-israel-before-election/](https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-source-jonathan-pollard-will-be-brought-to-israel-before-election/) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/126 "2020-08-24T18:41:46Z")
Um that “update” is 7 month old. The election that is being mentioned as a release date has come and gone and I couldn’t find any indication that he was returned to Israel so the speculations in that article are demonstrably false. He’s going to be released in a couple of months anyway according to the conditions of his parole so it is extremely unlikely that he will get an early release at this point. I’m not quite sure why you felt this article necessitated the bumping of a 5 year old thread. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/127 "2020-08-25T02:56:48Z")
:: shrugs :: I came across it while looking up something else, and it’s the most recent news on Pollard that I found. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408/128 "2020-11-22T02:37:41Z")
Pollard released from further conditions; will emigrate to Israel. > **[US allows convicted spy Pollard to move to Israel](https://news.yahoo.com/us-allows-convicted-spy-pollard-213024158.html)** > > An American jailed in 1985 for spying for Israel was released from strict parole conditions Friday, allowing his move to Israel, the US Justice Department said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-release-or-dont-release/726408.md?page=6)