Stories and plots of spies, known and lesser known arrests, the fact is that a former American intelligence analyst served 30 years in prison for having betrayed his country in favor of Israel. Let's talk about Jonathan Pollard formerly an intelligence analyst with the US Navy in the 80s, he was arrested for passing American secret information to Israel. He finished serving his sentence in 2015 at the age of 66, he returned to freedom but with the obligation of not being able to leave American territory. Former President Donald Trump, before leaving office, last December granted Pollard thanks and the opportunity to move to Israel with his entire family. The American casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson he sent his private jet directly to the US to take the Pollards and take them to Israel where they were welcomed as heroes. Pollard recently gave an exclusive interview to Israel Hayom, one of the most popular Israeli newspapers in the country.
The newspaper Israel Hayom it was always founded by Sheldon Adelson, who died in January of this year, a major financial backer of Donald Trump and the current Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yesterday only a few passages of Pollard's interview with Israel Hayom were published, the full version will be released next Friday. From a few sentences Pollard defends his decision to share the secrets of the US government with Israel as a "duty", stating: "I know I crossed the line, but I had no choice because Washington was stabbing Israel in the back by refusing to share information on the Arab military, which included" serious "threats to the security of the Jewish state."
Pollard says he secretly managed to warn his Israeli recruiter, Aviem Sella, the only one who later escaped arrest in the United States. Pollard also criticizes the decision of the Mossad Israeli for not giving him protection at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, while being pursued by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
In some passages the former spy also describes his life in Israel as "wonderful" stating that he would have been willing to sacrifice his life for the Israelis.