Some Israeli Knesset members joined several dozen people who demonstrated outside the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem on Sunday, demanding the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. Among the protesters were far-right Moledet Knesset member Rehavam Ze’evi and left-wing legislator Anat Maor of Meretz. Maor said that it was fitting that Pollard should also be released on Passover, the holiday marking the Israelite exodus from Egypt. Pollard, a former U.S. naval intelligence analyst, is serving a life sentence in the United States for spying for Israel.
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