Following the the lifting of parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard this past Friday, Esther Pollard cut the GPS tracking devices off his arm.
In a statement to the press, Pollard said the following:
“Thirty years ago, my beloved wife Esther found her way into USP Marion, the highest security prison in the United States, where I was languishing in a dungeon cell three stories underground behind 13 locks and keys.
“Esther reached out and cut the shackles off of my heart and restored my soul to life. That is when the fight for my freedom began in earnest. Fast forward 35 years.
“Today, Esther, fearlessly cut the GPS device off of my wrist, restoring me to almost complete freedom.”
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7 Responses
What he was put through is disgusting and horrendous. Those in the US government as well as in the Israeli government will answer for their actions iy”H.
The hero here isn’t only Yehonoson Pollard but his amazing wife Esther! Without her dedication to Jonathan, I don’t believe he would still be alive today. May Hashem bless them with many many years of happiness together iy”H!
I am confused. We are Americans, he is an American. He spied for a foreign country, Israel. THAT is TREASON. I am a very strong supporter of Israel, fyi, almost all of my family,children and grandchildren live there . we can argue about the length of his sentence, his parole but we cannot argue about his guilt !!!
Is there a bracha for removing tracking devices? Maybe shehechianuh?
NO THIS WAS NOT TREASON – HE DID NOT SPY ON AMERICA – HE SPIED ON AN ENEMY STATE PASSING ON INFORMATION THAT THE US WERE MEANT TO SHARE WITH ISRAEL.
IT WAS THE AMERICAN’S WHO WERE GUILTY FOR IGNORING THE SECURITY OF ISRAEL!
Even if he was guilty of a minor crime, the American’s (and Israelis) were guilty of double standard badly mishandling him when real enemy spies got away with 2-4 years and never such terrible conditions.
From Long Island,
It’s not treason if spying for an ally that was supposed to get that information anyways
If Pollard did to the Mossad what he did to American intelligence, the only question would be what to tell his widow.
Mr huja,
I think the brocha is matir asurim 😉