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                  Israeli Spy Pollard Released From US Prison

   by VOA News

   Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on parole Friday after
   spending 30 years in a U.S. jail, according to Israel's prime minister.

   Pollard, a former U.S. Navy Investigative Service civilian analyst, was
   sentenced to life in prison in 1987 after pleading guilty to selling
   classified defense documents to Israel.

   "After three long and difficult decades, Jonathan is at last reunited
   with his family," said a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
   Netanyahu, who had repeatedly pushed for Pollard's release.

   "The people of Israel welcome the release of Jonathan Pollard,"
   Netanyahu added.

   ''The 61-year-old Pollard, who was granted Israeli citizenship in 1995
   while in prison, is expected to settle in the New York area while he
   spends at least the next five years on parole. He will be barred him
   from traveling outside the country, including to Israel, without
   permission.

   Both the Justice Department and Pollard's lawyers have so far declined
   to discuss details of his parole.

   Netanyahu has asked the U.S. to allow Pollard to move immediately to
   Israel, the pro-government Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported
   Thursday.

   Two New York congressmen, Eliot Engel and Jerrold Nadler, have also
   written U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, saying Pollard should be
   allowed to renounce his American citizenship and emigrate to Israel.
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