Jonathan Pollard, the convicted traitor for Israel whose story slammed the American Jewish community’s relationship with the U.S. government for decades, is useless.
“The bottom line on this allegation is double loyalty, I’m sorry, we consider, and if we are involved, we will always have double loyalty,” Pollard said in a previous interview. Hayom, the first of his views since he was released from prison in 2015, was released Thursday by Hayom.
Pollard recalled the extent of Jewish leadership that did not stand up to him after his arrest in 1985, when he was a civilian analyst for the U.S. Navy who was found betrayed for Israel.
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“If you are outside of Israel, then you are living in a society in which you are fundamentally considered unreliable,” he said.
Eventually, U.S. Jewish leadership declined in sight, and some Jewish leaders lobbied for Pollard’s release, saying his life sentence was excessive.
Pollard’s full interview will be published on Friday. In an earlier section published by Israel Hayom, he said he knew he was “crossing the line” when he sent the information back to Israel, but said he believed that the United States withheld information from Israel that was critical to security.
Pollard’s arrest and conviction eventually led to links between U.S. investigations and government departments. He sought admission or advancement in the national security apparatus was often repaid, with Pollard cited as the reason. The Pollard report partially eliminated the spiritual charges introduced in 2004 against two key executives for the American Public Affairs Committee – a case that fell apart but changed dramatically. AIPAC working.
Pollard suggested that suspects put themselves out there if they thought of America as their home and suggested that he advise young U.S. Jews working in the American security apparatus to spy on Israel.
“I would say to him, that nothing can be done. So just go home [to Israel] will not be accepted. Aliyah is unacceptable, ”said Pollard. “You have to decide whether your concern for Israel and loyalty to Israel and loyalty to your fellow human beings are more important than your life.”
Pollard was sentenced to life in 2015. His parish terms were not renewed last year and he flew to Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed him at the airport. Sheldon Adelson, the late owner of Hayom Israel, gave Pollard a private plane to fly to Israel.