A large majority of Israelis polled recently believe that Israel should acknowledge that Jonathan Pollard was acting as its agent. The poll of 500 Israelis conducted by the Gallup Organization showed that 74 percent of the respondents called on Israel to take responsibility for Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in an American prison for spying for Israel. The poll had a margin of error of 4.4 percent.
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