Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recruited all Cabinet members to sign a request to President Clinton seeking a pardon for convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz, quoting government sources, said Netanyahu hoped to gather 100 signatures from members of the Knesset to add to the letter. Pollard, a former U.S. naval analyst, is serving a life sentence for spying for Israel.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
