Israel’s ambassador to Washington met with Jonathan Pollard, a first. Daniel Ayalon met with Pollard on Tuesday at the North Carolina prison where he is serving a life sentence for spying for Israel. Pollard, who was granted Israeli citizenship in 1995, has demanded such a visit for years, saying that the United States otherwise wouldn’t take his requests for release seriously.
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