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U.S. ambassador apologizes for remarks on convicted spy Pollard
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and News Agencies

Israel Radio reported Tuesday that U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones has apologized for remarks on convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, and said that they did not reflect his personal views, nor those of the Bush administration.

Jones called the comments "misinformed and misleading."

Jones told a university conference earlier in the day that the United States had been lenient with Pollard as it did not execute him for spying for Israel.
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Pollard, a civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, was convicted of selling military secrets to Israel while working at the Pentagon. He was arrested in 1985 and pleaded guilty at his trial. He is serving a life sentence in a U.S. federal prison.

The ambassador reiterated his view on Pollard and said, "I certainly do not personally believe that Mr. Pollard should have received capital punishment- I was appalled to learn that I had given that impression."

The ambassador also expressed remorse for the distress the Pollard family and friends have underwent since his arrest, according to the radio.

The Foreign Ministry's deputy director general for North American affairs, Yoram Ben Zeev, phoned Jones to learn, firsthand, what he had said.

Ben Zeev reiterated that Israel had made mistakes but that Pollard should be released for "humanitarian reasons," a Foreign Ministry official said.

Following Jones' remarks, Industry and Trade Minister Eli Yishai on Monday asked the United States to explain the comments.

"I know many spies whose sentences were cut or who were even released," Yishai said. "Pollard is undergoing physical and emotional hardship, and I am sure that this comment does not reflect the administration's policy."

Jones had said Monday that Pollard is unlikely ever to be released. Speaking at a Bar-Ilan University conference on U.S.-Israel relations, the ambassador said that "It came out in the trial very clearly, Jonathan Pollard took money for what he did, he sold out his country."

Jones went further and said that "the fact that he wasn't executed is the mercy that Jonathan Pollard will receive."

"This is a very emotional issue in the United States," Jones said. "I know he was helping a friend but that's what makes it even more emotional for Americans, if a friend would cooperate in aiding and abetting someone who is committing treason against his own country."

Foreign Ministry officials were surprised by Jones' comments and said they did not understand why he made them. An Israeli political official said Israel would continue to work for Pollard's release.

However, Pollard's wife, Esther, said Jones' apology was insufficient. She said Jones made false charges against her husband. "Unless there is a specific retraction and correction, we simply must regard the apology was incomplete at best or insincere at worst," she said.
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  1.   Israelis and Jews should stop with demands on Pollard.... 07:48  |  Tom 22/05/07
  2.   American Spies in Israel? 08:00  |  Daniel 22/05/07
  3.   great, my ambassador is a cruel anti-semite 08:17  |  Philly Jew 22/05/07
  4.   Kiss and make up 08:24  |  Colin Wright 22/05/07
  5.   Free Pollard! 08:25  |  Adam 22/05/07
  6.   Who rare you? 08:36  |  D 22/05/07
  7.   Ya...but this is the difference 09:11  |  stifffler 22/05/07
  8.   send the yankee home 09:12  |  send the yankee home 22/05/07
  9.   US Ambassador dosn`t know US constitution 09:14  |  David Olesker 22/05/07
  10.   Free Pollard 09:18  |  Leon Blaustein 22/05/07
  11.   There never was a trial, stupid! 09:19  |  Gilad 22/05/07
  12.   Hypocritical 09:20  |  Simon 22/05/07
  13.   Pollard 09:22  |  Gabe 22/05/07
  14.   Pollard should be released 09:45  |  whoopsie 22/05/07
  15.   Wrong place for ambassador to show weakness 09:50  |  Jens 22/05/07
  16.   TO #1 09:50  |  DAVID 22/05/07
  17.   Response to #3 and #7 10:08  |  Samy 22/05/07
  18.   Pollard didn`t sell in the info. That`s another lie 10:11  |  rob 22/05/07
  19.   To # 1 Tom & # 3 Philly Jew 10:12  |  Henk 22/05/07
  20.   Don`t release him 10:18  |  JustMe 22/05/07
  21.   #7 stifffler, you need to read up some more 10:25  |  Johnboy 22/05/07
  22.   Daniel 10:48  |  Zeke 22/05/07
  23.   Philly Jew #3 10:52  |  nathan 22/05/07
  24.   #18 rob joins the Pollard-apologists 10:57  |  Johnboy 22/05/07
  25.   MEANINGLESS 11:03  |  shaul elliot 22/05/07
  26.   Can someone explain why Polard should be freed? 11:04  |  A Lebanese 22/05/07
  27.   He has compromised his position 11:05  |  LA 22/05/07
  28.   Against Jens 11:09  |  Vitaliy 22/05/07
  29.   Pollard found US Govt was dbl crossing Israel & lied to US Public 11:11  |  Eduardo 22/05/07
  30.   For once I understand the back-paddling..... 11:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/05/07
  31.   #2 Daniel, the apology is not enough 11:19  |  Johnboy 22/05/07
  32.   Jens,the Ambassador was stricter than Denmark with russian spies 11:46  |  Absolute Sweden 22/05/07
  33.   Pollard is an american Hero 11:46  |  US Jew 22/05/07
  34.   And you say Israelis don`t control America? 12:10  |  Jasem 22/05/07
  35.   Why did Jones open his mouth? 12:37  |  Silent diplomat 22/05/07
  36.   Johnboy, you only read what agrees with you 12:56  |  Hirsh 22/05/07
  37.   What`s to apologise for 13:08  |  Chris Linthwaite 22/05/07
  38.   Persona non grata 13:16  |  Sidney 22/05/07
  39.   #2 re:American Spies in Israel 13:19  |  John 22/05/07
  40.   Follow-up to #11 and reply to others 13:28  |  Sidney 22/05/07
  41.   He is Saudi apologist 13:36  |  r 22/05/07
  42.   Oh please! 13:52  |  T A Sheppard 22/05/07
  43.   Philly Jew. YOur loyalty is Israel, not America 13:53  |  True American 22/05/07
  44.   Israel`s fault 14:12  |  Zev 22/05/07
  45.   Ambassador is a good man 14:28  |  Robert 22/05/07
  46.   Clear 14:28  |  jorge 22/05/07
  47.   #26 A Lebanese 14:36  |  T A Sheppard 22/05/07
  48.   U.S.S. Liberty 14:39  |  Gerald Gibson Jr 22/05/07
  49.   Jasem cuts to the chase.... 14:46  |  John Coady 22/05/07
  50.   Certainly a Misplaced Apology 14:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/05/07
  51.   #7 Rethink..... 14:50  |  John Allen 22/05/07
  52.   Pollard 14:54  |  Scott 22/05/07
  53.   For once I can understand the U.S. back-paddling..... 14:55  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/05/07
  54.   No trial? 14:58  |  Scott 22/05/07
  55.   same old israel 15:03  |  edgar 22/05/07
  56.   To Samy #17 15:05  |  Scott 22/05/07
  57.   Keeping up with the Jones` 15:06  |  a talkbacker 22/05/07
  58.   A Lebanese: A Response to your question #26 15:09  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/05/07
  59.   #12 Simon 15:11  |  Sarah 22/05/07
  60.   Pollard`s lenient punishment 15:12  |  American in Paris 22/05/07
  61.   To #33 Jew 15:19  |  Scott 22/05/07
  62.   Scott, try getting something right for a change 15:25  |  Sidney 22/05/07
  63.   Want him released? 15:28  |  Scott 22/05/07
  64.   Silent diplomat: the message is clear 15:43  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/05/07
  65.   To proPollard Isrealis 15:51  |  Scott 22/05/07
  66.   The Punishment for Stupidity lasts a lifetime 16:05  |  Natallie Durson 22/05/07
  67.   #54 The trials of a non-existant trial 16:28  |  Kate 22/05/07
  68.   Scratching My Head 16:31  |  Ronnie Wolman 22/05/07
  69.   Ambassador should be sent home 16:41  |  Brod 22/05/07
  70.   US Jew 16:47  |  CHGODMK 22/05/07
  71.   As an American Jew, I am ashamed 16:51  |  Lee 22/05/07
  72.   Free Pollard 16:53  |  Pollard`s friend 22/05/07
  73.   No. 35--Excellent question 16:59  |  D.R. Zukerman 22/05/07
  74.   #57 17:05  |  Pollard`s friend 22/05/07
  75.   Thank you #55... 17:07  |  D.R. Zukerman 22/05/07
  76.   Hey #56 17:11  |  D.R. Zukerman 22/05/07
  77.   Ambassador Jones` remarks. 17:15  |  Harry Greenblatt 22/05/07
  78.   Hey #38 17:21  |  D.R. Zukerman 22/05/07
  79.   To #1 Tom 17:23  |  Steve 22/05/07
  80.   Tom # 1 17:26  |  Avrum 22/05/07
  81.   CHGODMK: The Friendly Spies 17:36  |  Ronnie Wolman 22/05/07
  82.   Jones` remarks 17:39  |  howiej 22/05/07
  83.   AM. Ambassador 17:43  |  Joan 22/05/07
  84.   Pollard Is A Traitor 17:45  |  dan 22/05/07
  85.   to #60 Lee 17:46  |  Geoff 22/05/07
  86.   CHGODMK 17:49  |  American in NY 22/05/07
  87.   FREE POLLARD NOW..friend 17:59  |  Yochanan 22/05/07
  88.   Ambassador must be replaced 18:02  |  Patriot 22/05/07
  89.   Why pollard should never be released 18:04  |  Dov 22/05/07
  90.   I hope Jones` next visit he 18:12  |  T A Sheppard 22/05/07
  91.   Traitor Pollard 18:15  |  Bob 22/05/07
  92.   #64 Here we go again.. 18:20  |  John Coady 22/05/07
  93.   Pollard and the USSR 18:25  |  John Coady 22/05/07
  94.   To Gerald Gibson Jr-Traitor 18:26  |  Patriot 22/05/07
  95.   Pollard`s Friend Is Canadian #63 18:30  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/05/07
  96.   Richard Jones 18:41  |  Sheldon B. 22/05/07
  97.   # 55 Edgar 18:43  |  Trust 22/05/07
  98.   Re: great, my ambassador is a cruel anti-semite 18:46  |  Vito 22/05/07
  99.   T A Sheppard-This They Only Do In Private 18:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/05/07
  100.   Dov on why P. should not be released #69 18:52  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/05/07
  101.   Foolish ambassador, but bottom line is correct (for Bush) 18:52  |  Tosefta 22/05/07
  102.   #1 Just the opposite -Tom 18:57  |  misha 22/05/07
  103.   US Ambassador`s Remarks About Pollard 18:57  |  Sam Cerritos 22/05/07
  104.   Pollard the Folk Hero, a FICTIONAL CHARACTER 19:03  |  Get over it. 22/05/07
  105.   Dov #69 19:06  |  Gee 22/05/07
  106.   Johnboy (#21) 19:09  |  D.R. Zukerman 22/05/07
  107.   Gerald Gibson Jr #48 19:10  |  Gee 22/05/07
  108.   Not Good Enough 19:14  |  Chick Corea 22/05/07
  109.   The rush to believe anti-Semitic lies 19:16  |  D.R. Zukerman 22/05/07
  110.   Whoa hold on. Here are the facts 19:20  |  Ben 22/05/07
  111.   philly jew 19:22  |  Don Hughes 22/05/07
  112.   #59 US Jew - "compromise its security" 19:25  |  Alan 22/05/07
  113.   Earth to Tosefta 19:27  |  Ronnie Wolman 22/05/07
  114.   Lee: I Disagree 19:29  |  CHGODMK 22/05/07
  115.   #12 Simon you have many good qualities... 19:35  |  misha 22/05/07
  116.   AIPAC At Work 19:36  |  J Olson 22/05/07
  117.   Pollard`s incarceration 19:36  |  Daniel Donaly 22/05/07
  118.   Misha, what about putin!?? #81 19:41  |  Yaakov Sullivan 22/05/07
  119.   Three Posts all during breaks???? 19:42  |  Ronnie Wolman 22/05/07
  120.   #14 popsie my wish for you is same as yours for Pollars 19:46  |  misha 22/05/07
  121.   Eduardo -- why not blow the whistle? 19:47  |  Pssd Off American 22/05/07
  122.   jealous goyim 19:55  |  lee 22/05/07
  123.   Trial & Plea Bargain 20:01  |  Simcha 22/05/07
  124.   What`s There To Know Anymore That You Can`t Find On The Internet? 20:02  |  Yosemite 22/05/07
  125.   We would revolt against freeing Pollard 20:06  |  robin 22/05/07
  126.   Pollard and O.J. Simpson 20:08  |  Career Coach 22/05/07
  127.   #57 20:15  |  Frank 22/05/07
  128.   Just because he is a jew 20:18  |  Eynav Benjamin 22/05/07
  129.   Apology? 20:20  |  Omar 22/05/07
  130.   Daniel 20:25  |  Omar 22/05/07
  131.   Pollard 20:30  |  Sam simple 22/05/07
  132.   Whoa hold on. Here are the facts 93 20:31  |  eynav Benjamin 22/05/07
  133.   Zukerman 20:37  |  Don Hughes 22/05/07
  134.   Tosefta to Ronnie Wolman #96 20:39  |  Tosefta 22/05/07
  135.   Alan in Hollywood (It Figures!) 20:41  |  CHGODMK 22/05/07
  136.   For those who want to free Pollard... 20:42  |  Tired American 22/05/07
  137.   26 - Why Pollard Should be Released 20:51  |  Bruriah Sarah 22/05/07
  138.   Free Pollard? 20:54  |  Ibrahim 22/05/07
  139.   93 - The Facts on the Pollard Case 20:55  |  Bruriah Sarah 22/05/07
  140.   97 - No treason was committed 21:04  |  Bruriah Sarah 22/05/07
  141.   #33 US jew 21:09  |  emad matahin 22/05/07
  142.   Geoff 68 21:17  |  Lee 22/05/07
  143.   CHGODMK 97 21:22  |  Lee 22/05/07
  144.   lee - You live in a "goyim" country 21:24  |  American 22/05/07
  145.   Jones has nothing to apologize for 21:26  |  Fed up 22/05/07
  146.   Gerald -- 48 21:26  |  Lee 22/05/07
  147.   A few facts for the ignorant, not that they care.... 21:28  |  Natallie Durson 22/05/07
  148.   Tired American or Tired misinformation? 21:29  |  Inigo Montoya 22/05/07
  149.   eynav Benjamin 104 21:31  |  Lee 22/05/07
  150.   Wrong person apologizing 21:38  |  Nathaniel 22/05/07
  151.   Want To Know What I Really Think? 21:56  |  Yosemite 22/05/07
  152.   #128 Eynav 22:15  |  emad matahin 22/05/07
  153.   so many interested in Pollard 22:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/05/07
  154.   American - Think you have the wrong guy 22:20  |  Lee 22/05/07
  155.   To No. 148 22:24  |  Tired American 22/05/07
  156.   To Tired American Anti-Semite #136 22:36  |  Career Coach 22/05/07
  157.   lee 22:39  |  eynav Benjamin 22/05/07
  158.   59 & 115 22:41  |  Simon 22/05/07
  159.   #139 Gee thanks for the Pollard links 22:55  |  John Coady 22/05/07
  160.   American Jews: The Need for Self-Criticism 23:00  |  CHGODMK 22/05/07
  161.   Thin Skin 23:05  |  mike 22/05/07
  162.   Eynav Benjamin 23:17  |  CHGODMK 22/05/07
  163.   Friends Spy on Friends 23:22  |  CHGODMK 22/05/07
  164.   Eynav Benjamin: Just Because They`re Chinese 23:28  |  CHGODMK 22/05/07
  165.   If you want the US govt to release Pollard... 23:40  |  Pssd Off American 22/05/07
  166.   Did you hear the one about 23:49  |  Mark Lincoln 22/05/07
  167.   Pollard is still in Prison because he`s a Jew 23:49  |  Robert S. Barnes 22/05/07
  168.   Simon in Rishon Lezion, IL (Illinois? LOL!) 00:06  |  CHGODMK 23/05/07
  169.   #116 I thought you are just nidnick/ readneck... 00:10  |  misha 23/05/07
  170.   Career Coach:Plea Bargains and Jewish Lawyers 00:13  |  Ronnie Wolman 23/05/07
  171.   Send him home. 00:19  |  Dr David I. Gross 23/05/07
  172.   Pollard 00:30  |  John Weisman 23/05/07
  173.   #136 To folks who are stupid beyond belief 00:33  |  misha 23/05/07
  174.   Dr. David Gross: It`s not an issue of fairness 00:36  |  CHGODMK 23/05/07
  175.   Lee #122 00:53  |  RFE 23/05/07
  176.   Wht does Tenat care? 00:55  |  Adam 23/05/07
  177.   #63 Scott, did it happen when I wasn`t looking? 00:56  |  Sidney 23/05/07
  178.   #77 definition of treason 01:18  |  Fritz 23/05/07
  179.   Israel Sells Weapons Systems to Other Countries 01:20  |  Double Click 23/05/07
  180.   Israel Sells Weapons Systems to Other Countries 01:20  |  Double Click 23/05/07
  181.   Robert S. Barnes - Making Excuses for Treason 01:22  |  Fred Farkelsteinman 23/05/07
  182.   Pollard 03:02  |  Chopper 23/05/07
  183.   Gabe 03:24  |  FLOWER 23/05/07
  184.   #132 Whoah, hold on. Get your facts right 03:30  |  Johnboy 23/05/07
  185.   Gerald Gibson Jr. 03:42  |  Connie 23/05/07
  186.   #106 D.R. Zukerman 03:44  |  Johnboy 23/05/07
  187.   Stop Whining 04:00  |  Abe 23/05/07
  188.   No Need to Aplogize 04:22  |  An Honest American 23/05/07
  189.   what are terms for Russian & Chinese spies 04:27  |  steve 23/05/07
  190.   No. 133 04:38  |  D.R. Zukerman 23/05/07
  191.   Terrible... 04:40  |  D.R. Zukerman 23/05/07
  192.   No apology necessary. 04:57  |  Maki 23/05/07
  193.   pollard 05:11  |  kimsywimsy 23/05/07
  194.   kimsywimsy 06:03  |  Yosemite 23/05/07
  195.   TO Philly Jew 06:08  |  Steve Beikirch 23/05/07
  196.   Pollard`s problem is that Israel is a US ally!!! 06:19  |  Voice of Reason 23/05/07
  197.   #118 I don`t get it 06:19  |  misha 23/05/07
  198.   Gibson Jr. (correction please) 06:38  |  Connie 23/05/07
  199.   Robin 07:00  |  Connie 23/05/07
  200.   HE IS SCARED TO DEATH 08:16  |  indrajaya 23/05/07
  201.   #!83 FLOWER re "I want Jones out of Israel and 08:44  |  tad 23/05/07
  202.   ALLY? 08:52  |  Joe 23/05/07
  203.   #185 Connie---there you are flinging 08:56  |  tad 23/05/07
  204.   Pollard was no harmless spy! 09:37  |  tad 23/05/07
  205.   US-Israel Alliance 09:44  |  Kaustav Chakrabarti 23/05/07
  206.   Pollard and "Spying" 09:47  |  Kaustav Chakrabarti 23/05/07
  207.   forced rendition 11:11  |  yuk 23/05/07
  208.   The President of UNITED STATES should apologize too 11:50  |  Hakeem 23/05/07
  209.   Zukerman 12:41  |  Don Hughes 23/05/07
  210.   Tom #1 Is Right 12:52  |  Sam 23/05/07
  211.   To # 204 , TAD "No harmless spy" 15:11  |  Henk 23/05/07
  212.   America`s CRUEL Treatment of Pollard SHOCKED the Europeans (1) 15:25  |  Linda Rivera 23/05/07
  213.   America`s CRUEL Treatment of Pollard SHOCKED the Europeans (2) 15:26  |  Linda Rivera 23/05/07
  214.   Hakeem: The President Should Apologize Too... 16:30  |  CHGODMK 23/05/07
  215.   Ambassador Jones & Pollard 16:34  |  Dora Straus 23/05/07
  216.   To lee 16:37  |  Lee 23/05/07
  217.   Kaustav Chakrabarti 16:37  |  CHGODMK 23/05/07
  218.   That is the law of spycraft. 17:17  |  Darin 23/05/07
  219.   More for #206 17:21  |  D.R. Zukerman 23/05/07
  220.   #204 Tad "POLLARD WAS NO HARMLESS SPY" 17:51  |  ballistic 23/05/07
  221.   How low can you go 18:28  |  Mannstein 23/05/07
  222.   Tad 18:55  |  Connie 23/05/07
  223.   Tad and Seymour Hirsch 18:56  |  Connie 23/05/07
  224.   gall inc. 19:12  |  edgar 23/05/07
  225.   #220 KNICKER E EXPOSTULATES ON FACTS SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT 19:30  |  paul harris 23/05/07
  226.   #221 MANNSTEIN AND FACT HOW MUCH $$? 19:31  |  paul harris 23/05/07
  227.   #203 Golly day, ouch! 19:34  |  ballistic 23/05/07
  228.   Imagine: EVEN Spying on the USA! 19:34  |  Sharif Hafez 23/05/07
  229.   #207 Hakeem--apologize for what?? 19:38  |  ballistic 23/05/07
  230.   #213 Linda from New York 19:41  |  ballistic 23/05/07
  231.   #209 Hi there Don Hughes re Zukerman 19:45  |  ballistic 23/05/07
  232.   #132 Eynav--passed info to Israel.... 20:11  |  ballistic 23/05/07
  233.   #209 answer 21:39  |  Nissim 23/05/07
  234.   Pollard and his butchers 23:24  |  Dwido 23/05/07
  235.   we should trade pollard for the jailed jews scientist 23:46  |  levi 23/05/07
  236.   WHY 23:53  |  Will Turner 23/05/07
  237.   U.S. JEW #33, WHat kind of friend is the U.S.? 01:10  |  Irish Sensation 24/05/07
  238.   A confused yank 01:46  |  American Patriot 24/05/07
  239.   Re # 201, 203, 204 Tad versus Connie 02:33  |  Henk 24/05/07
  240.   Don Hughes (Post No. 111) 04:04  |  Johnny Weintraub 24/05/07
  241.   Jones` remarks 04:41  |  Dwido 24/05/07
  242.   To # 201,203 & 204 Tad 05:54  |  Henk 24/05/07
  243.   Mr.Hughes 05:57  |  Connie 24/05/07
  244.   Connie #199 07:10  |  Robin 24/05/07
  245.   Connie #199 07:18  |  Robin 24/05/07
  246.   SAME OLD GAME 09:26  |  M 24/05/07
  247.   Former N.Y. Mayor Ed Koch said he would have had Pollard execute 10:14  |  Yossi Cronenberg 24/05/07
  248.   Johnny Weintrub 14:37  |  Don Hughes 24/05/07
  249.   Connie 14:41  |  Don Hughes 24/05/07
  250.   #243 Say Connie; did you get Kath`s permission to post? 18:06  |  ballistic 24/05/07
  251.   #242 Henk from Israel---golly day, ouch, ouch!!! 18:09  |  ballistic 24/05/07
  252.   #225 Hey Paul Harris; never mind with the 18:21  |  ballistic 24/05/07
  253.   Cast the first stone, my eye. 18:48  |  alter ego 24/05/07
  254.   #253 Say Alter Ego; I disagree with your antisemitic 21:37  |  ballistic 24/05/07
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