Tevet 16, 5769, 12 January 09 01:51by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) Jews around the world are hoping that efforts to have
Jonathan Pollard released from prison have begun their final week, and that
outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush will in fact grant him clemency by
the end of his term, only eight days from now.

Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President of National Council of Young
Israel, spoke at the Young Israel of Forest Hills last week about his recent
visits to Pollard in prison with Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, Pastor Tom Hagee,
and others. He corrected the mis-impression that Pollard had been convicted
of treason, saying that he was charged only with “passing classified
information to an ally” – and that the charge sheet specifically added,
“without intent to harm the United States.”
Rabbi Lerner said that Pastor Hagee told him after the meeting, “You know,
I’m a man of faith. Faith is my business, and that’s what I do all day. But
I have to tell you: I have never seen a man of faith like that man we just
left in that cell.”
Yehonatan ben Malka’s Mother Asks
A unique request was made of President Shimon Peres on Sunday when he paid a
condolence call to the family of Captian Yehonatan Netanel, who was killed
in battle in Gaza. The bereaved mother, Malka, told Peres, “You know, it
was my son’s dream that Pollard should be released. His name was Yehonatan
ben [son of] Malka, and I now ask you to do all you can to ensure that
Jonathan Pollard – also Yehonatan ben Malka – be freed from prison.”
Phone Campaign Continuing at Full Steam
The phone-in campaign to the White House for Pollard is continuing at
full-steam, and organizers say that the pressure must not be let up -
despite the ever-increasing volume of calls. After being swamped in recent
weeks with calls asking for clemency for Pollard, the White House hired an
additional group of operators to handle the onslaught. Even this did not
help, however, and the White House has now announced the closing of comment
lines until after the inauguration of the incoming president on January 20,
2009.
Organizers of the phone-in campaign encourage Pollard supporters to keep
calling nonetheless, via the main switchboard number: 202- 456 -1414.

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