December 16, 2010

109 MKs Sign Pleading Letter to US on Behalf of Pollard

Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin has sent a letter from the Knesset to U.S. President Barack Obama, Congress, and the U.S. District Attorney, pleading for the release of Jonathan Pollard.

The letter was signed by a leader in every party except for those known as Arab parties, representing a total of 109 out of the 120 Knesset Members.

In dispatching the letter, Rivlin stated that it represents the opinion of the overwhelming majority of the Israeli public in supporting Pollard’s urgent release. “As Speaker of the Knesset,” he wrote in an introductory note, “I see it as my obligation to bring this letter to your attention.”

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