Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Reports: Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard May Be Released In Emerging Mideast Peace Deal



Jonathan Pollard, Spy For Israel, Could Go Free In Emerging Mideast Peace Deal -- CNN

(CNN) -- Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. intelligence agent who was convicted of spying for Israel, could be released before the Jewish holiday of Passover as part of efforts to save Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, an Israeli official involved in the talks told CNN.

Suggestions for deals for Pollard's release have been floated over the years but have not materialized. Passover starts on April 14.

Talk of Pollard's possible release came as Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Israel on Monday to try to mediate a dispute between Israel and the Palestinians over the release of Palestinian prisoners. Kerry was in Belgium on Tuesday.

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More News On Reports That Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard May Be Released In Emerging Mideast Peace Deal

American spy’s release in play for Mideast peace -- Washington Post
Possible release of Israeli spy Pollard spurs uproar -- USA Today
WH: No Obama decision on Pollard release -- USA Today
White House: Obama Has Not Decided To Release Israeli Spy -- Reuters
Spycatchers: Freeing Pollard While Pursuing Snowden Sends ‘Mixed Signals’ -- ABC News
How Obama Might Release a Spy to Salvage Middle East Peace Talks -- Michael Crowley, Time
The Arguments For And Against Releasing Jonathan Pollard -- Greg Myre, NPR
27 years later, Jonathan Pollard case remains a diplomatic thorn -- Tom Cohen, CNN
Jonathan Pollard: Why Israel wants him free, why the U.S. doesn’t, and what might happen next -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post
Who is Jonathan Pollard, and why is his spy case inflammatory? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor

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