The secretary of the Israeli Cabinet said the government would step up efforts to free Jonathan Pollard from a U.S. prison, but has not yet decided whether to recognize him as an Israeli agent. Danny Naveh’s comments came after an Israeli newspaper said Israel would soon acknowledge that Pollard was working for the Jewish state. A former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, Pollard has been serving a life sentence since 1987 for spying for Israel.
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