Jonathan Pollard’s former handler, now an Israeli Cabinet minister, vowed to work for his release from prison. Pensioners Minister Rafi Eitan told Israel Radio on Monday that he would use his political position to advance the campaign to free Pollard, a former U.S. Navy analyst serving a life sentence in prison for passing the Jewish state military secrets in the 1980s.
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