Deputy Speaker Danon: Wikileaks Reveal Compelling Grounds for Pollard's Release

Justice4JPnews - November 29, 2010

The Knesset
Member of Knesset Danny Danon
Deputy Knesset Speaker and Chair of World Likud

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 29 November 2010

Deputy Speaker Danon: Wikileaks Reveal Compelling Grounds for Pollard's Release

In the wake of the revelations by Wikileaks, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Danny Danon called today on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to intensify his efforts for the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Danon harshly criticized the hypocrisy of the American government which spied on its allies for years while holding Pollard in prison for decades under extremely harsh conditions.

"In lights of the reports published by Wikileaks, I call on the Israeli government to immediately file an official request with the US administration demanding the release of Jonathan Pollard," said Danon. "It is hypercritical for the American government which we now know has continuously spied on its allies and even operated a 'mole' within a friendly government to continue to keep Jonathan imprisoned while ordering American civil servants to commit similar acts."

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