Has Pollard become an American Election Issue?
Excerpted from: U.S. Jewish reform movement is keeping faith young

By Natasha Mozgovaya - Haaretz - December 22, 2011

In the past few weeks, it seems that the Jonathan Pollard clemency question
has also become a frequent refrain at the Jewish gatherings that both the
Republican and Democrat politicians attend, almost as much as the query of
what to do about Iran.

Until recently, most campaigns did not provide the positions of their
candidates on this issue. But now that the U.S. Jewish leaders plan to send
delegations to visit Pollard in jail - candidates are thinking about adding
their positions on the issue to their talking points.

So far, Newt Gingrich said he'll think about clemency, because the convicted
spy spent enough time in jail. Mitt Romney refused to commit to release
Pollard should he become president. It is still controversial - but it's
certainly interesting to see that to commit to military attack against a
country of over 70 million is easier than to commit to release one veteran
prisoner.

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-jewish-reform-movement-is-keeping-faith-young-1.402839

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