The Other Jonathan
Israel prime minister recently appealed for the release of Jonathan Pollard from an American jail. Just a week later, Israel sent Jonathan Pollak to jail. Although they share a first name and almost all of a last name, the two men could not be more different.
Jonathan Pollard is an American who was paid to spy for Israel. He got a life sentence in 1987 because of the damage he’d done to national security. Israeli governments first claimed he was a rogue operator, then embraced and naturalized him, and then began clamoring for his release.