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November 25, 2025

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee Met Secretly in July with Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard
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The White House has acknowledged that U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike
Huckabee met secretly with the convicted spy Jonathan Pollard at the
U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem in July. Pollard is a former U.S. Navy
intelligence officer sentenced to life in prison for stealing classified
U.S. material and sharing it with Israel. Pollard served 30 years in a
federal prison before he was granted parole under President Obama in
2015. He moved to Israel in 2020.


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