Document: Second Historic Petition by 112 MKs to Free Pollard
Petition Date:
July 21, 2003Posted:
October 28, 2003
The following petition was signed by every single member of every single Jewish Faction in Knesset including Arabs and Druse members of those factions. This document, and the one that preceded it a year ago, are historically unprecedented. In the history of the State of Israel, no other issue but the release of Jonathan Pollard has enjoyed such overwhelming support from the Knesset, and no other issue has ever cut across all political lines to so clearly reflect the National will.
The Knesset
Jerusalem 21 July, 2003
21 Tamuz, 5763
The Honourable George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
The White House
Washington, D.C.
U.S.A.
Dear Mr. President:
During the previous term of the Knesset, 110 out of a total of 120 Members of the Fifteenth Knesset signed a letter to you,) appealing for Jonathan Pollard's sentence to be commuted on humanitarian grounds.
We, the undersigned 112 members of the present, Sixteenth Knesset, are writing to ask you to reconsider this request.
Jonathan Pollard has now served seventeen years in prison during which time he has repeatedly expressed regret for his actions and pleaded for clemency. Surely after all this time, compassion and mercy might override other serious considerations.
The release of Jonathan Pollard would be perceived as a truly meaningful gesture during this period when such gestures are being sought to pave the way to peace in our region. This is a goal shared by both the united States of America and by Israel; by you personally, Mr. President, and by all of us, here.
Respectfully yours,
The undersigned Members of Knesset:
Speaker
Reuven Rivlin
Likud Faction
- Eli Afalo
- Ruham Avraham
- Ronnie Bar-On
- Daniel Denloulou
- Naomi Blumenthal
- Zeev Boim
- Yuli Edelstein
- Jacob Edery
- Michael Eitan
- Gilad Erdan
- Gideon Ezra
- Gila Famliel
- Inbal Gavriely
- Michael Gorolovsky
- Tzachi Hanegbi
- Yehiel Hazan
- Abraham Hirchson
- Moshe Kahlon
- Ayoub Kara
- Haim Katz
- Yisrael katz
- Uzi landau
- David Levy
- Limor Livnat
- Tzippi Livni
- Lea Nass
- Dan Naveh
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Ehud Olmert
- Michael Ratzon
- Reuven Rivlin
- Gideon Saar
- Silvan Shalom
- Ariel Sharon
- Omri Sharon
- Meir Sheetrit
- Marina Solodkin
- Yuval Steinitz
- Majallie Whbee
- Ehud Yatom
Shinui Faction
- Victor Brailovsky
- Ronny Brison
- Reshef Cheyne
- Chemi Doron
- Joseph Tommy Lapid
- Ilan Leibovitch
- Eti Livni
- Yehudith Maot
- Joseph IParitzky
- Mel Polishook-Bloch
- Avraham Poraz
- Ehud rassabi
- Eliezer Sandberg
- Ilan Shalgi
- Igal Yasinov
Labour-Melmad Faction
- Colette Avital
- Binyamin Ben-eliezer
- Eli Ben-Menachem
- Avraham Burg
- Eitan Cabel
- Isaac Herzog
- Dalia Itzik
- Michael Melchior
- Amram Mitzna
- Orit Noked
- Shimon Perez
- Ophir Pines-Paz
- Haim Ramon
- Avraham Shochat
- Shalom Simhon
- Ephraim Sneh
- Yuli Tamir
- Matan Vilna
- Danny Yatom
United Torah Judaism Faction
- Yisrael Eichler
- Moshe Gafni
- Yaacov Litzman
- Meir Porush
- Avraham Ravitz
Am Ehad Faction
- Ilana Cohen
- Amir Perez
- David Talv
National Union Faction
- Uri Yehuda Ariel
- Eliezer Cohen
- Arieh Eldad
- Benyamin Elon
- Zvi Hendel
- Michael Nudelaman
- Yuri Shtern
Meretz Faction
- Roman Bronfman
- Ran Cohen
- Zehava Gal-On
- Chaim Oron
- Yossi Sarid
- Avshalom Vilan
National Religious Party Faction
- Efraim Eitan
- Gila Finkelstein
- Itshak Levy
- Zevulun Orlev
- Nissan Slomiansky
- Shaul Yahalom
Shas Faction
- David Azoulay
- Shlomo Benizri
- Amnon Cohen
- Yitzhak Cohen
- Nisim Dahan
- Yacov Margi
- Meshulam Nahan
- Yair Peretz
- Yitzhak Vaknin
- Eliyahu Yishai
- Nissim Zeev
See Also:
- Document: Historic Knesset Petition to Free Pollard - (the original 2002 petition)