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To: jerry manning who wrote (441114)	8/11/2003 10:59:27 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 769670

[More Zionist tears for traitor Jonathan Pollard, the Jewish-American imprisoned as a spy for Israel.] OpEd: The Saddest Jew (Pollard), By Charley J. Levine, Independent Media Review Analysis, August 8, 2003 "To an extent not fathomed, Jonathan Pollard is a litmus test about the real values commitments and actual sovereignty of the State of Israel... If the government of Israel were to tell President Bush that nothing is going to move forward on the "Roadmap" until this one man comes home, he would be home tomorrow..." The saddest Jew in the world yesterday on the " Esther has been pounding the Israeli pavement for far too many years, hearing the same thing from dozens of powerbrokers. They all echo Libai in promising the sky, affirming their support, tossing out possible actions to be taken. And then they fade away, and Pollard remains in prison. I visited Jonathan in jail, in 1996, in Butner, North Carolina. My wife and I came to comfort, but it was he who comforted us. He was in command, robust, focused, bloodied but unbowed. My most recent conversation, via cell phone while sitting with Esther in Rimon Cafe several months ago, was far more disconcerting. Jonathan sounded terribly down. No wonder. He could have made the Guiness Book of World Records for spending more time in prison than any other American citizen in history convicted of the crime for which he was tried. (And they say anti-Semitism has nothing to do with it.) I was shocked and frightened for his well-being as never before. And yet, still helpless. Jonathan resurfaced recently, as he occasionally does in between long, damning spells of benign neglect. 112 Members of Knesset signed a petition [to free him from prison] on his behalf-they should be doing much more than that, but certainly a positive initiative ... In a recent Israel opinion poll, the two issues that absolutely topped the list in terms of weeping, 95%+ support, were the continued unity of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the proposition that Jonathan Pollard should be freed. Something is fundamentally wrong when political leaders race to affirm Jerusalem's status, yet shy away from expressing Israel's firm resolve on the Pollard matter."