Ex-wife of convicted spy Pollard moves to Israel

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Ex-wife of convicted spy Pollard moves to Israel
By DANIEL ESTRIN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, December 7, 2010; 10:53 AM

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli official says the first wife of Jonathan Pollard, an American imprisoned 25 years ago for spying on behalf of Israel, has moved to Israel with the government's help.

Elad Sonn, a spokesman for Israel's immigration ministry, says Anne Pollard appealed to the Israeli consulate in New York last week for aid. Sonn says she landed in Israel on Monday with her father.

Anne Pollard was arrested in 1985 as an accomplice to her then-husband. He pleaded guilty to passing secrets to Israel.

An Israeli official said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered financial aid for Pollard's ex-wife. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.





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1. Israel has never spied on the U.S. Not once, never, ever, not a teeny-weeny bit.

Those were recipes and birthday cards Pollard was passing on.

Americans are just such meanies.

[trud]

2. good riddance to bad rubbish n/t