New! Franklin/AIPAC Spy Case Page On the J4JP Web Site

Justice4JP Release - October 8, 2004

Introduction:

The new Franklin/AIPAC Spy Case Page on the J4JP web site contains articles
and background information about the recent accusations of espionage against
Lawrence Franklin and the Jewish lobby group AIPAC. These accusations have
been excessively hyped in the American media. Almost every mention of
Franklin carries in its wake references (mainly negative and pejorative) to
the case of Jonathan Pollard.

What is the connection between the Franklin / AIPAC Spy Scandal and the case
of Jonathan Pollard? Why is the Pollard case always dredged up and paraded
in the media every time the US accuses Israel of spying in the US? Why is
this not done to any other country or any other ethnic individual when a new
spy case breaks?

The Franklin / AIPAC Spy Scandal is deja vue all over again. Nothing has
changed since Jonathan Pollard was arrested and railroaded into a life
sentence two decades ago. Once again the US is limiting intelligence
exchanges with Israel, effectively blind-siding her, just as it did leading
up to the operation Pollard was involved in. Once again the US is
rationalizing this betrayal of Israel in order to curry favor with the Arabs
(see MENL article: CIA Reduces Exchange With Israel). And once again the US
is hysterically trumpeting charges in the media against Jews, AIPAC and
Israel, which upon critical examination are simply not substantiated by any
hard evidence.

The conclusion of a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal (A Spy for
Israel, 09/01/04) about Lawrence Franklin could just as easily have been
written about Jonathan Pollard: "If the feds believe he committed a crime,
he deserves to be charged in a court of law and given a chance to defend
himself." Like Franklin, Jonathan Pollard has been tried in the court of
public opinion, not in a court of law. The false charges of treason and
damage to US national security which have repeatedly been leveled at
Pollard, have always been in the media, never in a court of law where he
could defend himself.

The Franklin / AIPAC Case and its high profile exposure in the media is a
consequence of the failure of Israel and Jewish leaders to defend Israel and
the Jewish community against attacks by US officials directed against them
in the media via the mistreatment of Jonathan Pollard and the grossly
exaggerated sentence he received. Jewish leaders' attempts to shift the
blame for anti- Semitic attacks to Pollard, instead of dealing with the US
officials who perpetrate them has led to a spate of other cases impugning
Israel and the Jews, including the Mega Spy Scandal, the Defense Memo
Affair, the Ciralsky and Tanenbaum cases, and now the Franklin / AIPAC Case.

For 2 decades Israel, the Mossad, and the American Jewish leaders have
abandoned Jonathan Pollard to his fate, cutting him loose, denying him the
most minimal support and assistance - even though he was officially
recognized as a bona fide Israeli agent. Aside for some mild posturing for
domestic consumption, Israel's actions and attitude have always sent a clear
message to the Americans: Pollard is NOT one of us; do with him as you
please.

Apparently they felt that in allowing the US to brutalize Pollard, the US
would deal differently with them and the rest of the Jews. The only ones who
were fooled by this monolithic Jewish betrayal of Pollard, were the Jews
themselves. Those in the Administration and in the Defense and Intelligence
agencies with a pro- Arab / anti-Israel agenda, regard Pollard as nothing
more than a convenient tool which they use over and over again against
Israel and the Jewish community.

After nearly 2 decades in prison, Jonathan continues to pay the price for
the refusal of Israel and the American Jewish leaders to stand up for equal
justice for one of their own. As long as they turn their backs on Jonathan,
he will continue to be used to call into question Israel's reliability as an
ally, and the trustworthiness of the American Jewish community.

The truth that both Israel and American Jews continue to bury is glaringly
obvious: Jonathan did not cause the anti-Jewish sentiment in the US Defense
and Intelligence community; he was one of its victims.

But avoiding the truth, does not mean that the Jews can avoid its
consequences. As long as the Pollard case continues to
fester, the same anti-Semitic elements that came after Jonathan with a
vengeance out of all proportion to the offense he committed, will continue
to come after Jews and Jewish organizations.

While it is too soon to draw any final conclusions about the Franklin /
AIPAC case, the articles on this page help to draw the connection between
the most recent US accusation of espionage against Israel with other such
accusations in the recent past. All of these accusations received a great
deal of press and then faded out, with no arrests made and no charges filed.

These articles also clearly reveal the fact that it is not just Israel which
spies on the US, but that the US has repeatedly spied on Israel.

Another issue that repeatedly comes up in the articles is the timing of US
accusations. A look at the timing and background of the various spy
allegation episodes reveals that the US has always trumpeted its charges of
espionage against Israel at very specific moments in time in order to serve
other political goals or agendas. More often than not these allegations are
timed to create pressure to force Israel to follow some US directive or
policy which Israel might otherwise resist.

Here is the link to The Franklin /AIPAC Spy Case Page on the J4JP Web Site:
www.jonathanpollard.org/franklin.htm

To go directly to articles and related subpages here is the link:
www.jonathanpollard.org/franklin.htm#articles