A Knesset subcommittee chaired by Abba Eban and a two-man commission headed by lawyer Yehoshua Rotenstreich and appointed by the Inner Cabinet began probes into the government’s role in the Pollard affair. Israeli and U.S. Jewish leaders alternately held their breath and opined on its effect on U.S.-Israel relations.
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