Pressure on Obama as Congressmen Join the Call to Free Pollard
Posted by Glezele Vayne on November 19, 2010
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by Maayan Miskin
United States President Barack Obama is under increasing pressure to free Jonathan Pollard with 39 Members of Congress submitting a letter calling for his release. The petition was initiated by four Democrats in Congress.
It was signed by some considered close allies of the president, including Representatives Barney Frank and Henry Waxman.
The petition notes that Pollard has been punished more severely for his actions than have others. “We believe there has been a great disparity from the standpoint of justice between the amount of time Mr. Pollard has served and the time that has been served – or not served at all – by many others who were found guilty of similar activity on behalf of nations that, like Israel, are not adversarial to us,” the letter states.
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