Eitan Refuses to Sign Pollard Petition
Excerpts;
Pensioners Minister Rafi Eitan said on Tuesday that a discreet course of action was necessary to secure the release of Jonathan Pollard, imprisoned in the United States for selling US military secrets to Israel, and refused to sign a petition circulated among MKs demanding that Pollard be let out.
NU-NRP MK Uri Ariel initiated the petition, which has thus far been signed by some 60 MKs from various factions. The document will be submitted to US President George W. Bush via Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who plans to visit Washington next week, Israel Radio reported.
Two weeks ago, Jonathan and Esther Pollard charged in a petition to the High Court of Justice on Monday that Eitan is in possession of a secret document which could gain Pollard’s release from prison were he to hand it over to the Americans.
Azzam to PM: Ask US to Free Pollard
Commentary;
Jonathan Pollard gets more support from Azzam Azzam, an Israeli-Druze, imprisoned for years in Egypt, than from his former handler Rafi Eitan, this evil little man, who handed him over to the US for 21 years imprisonment to date.
And will Olmert do the right thing and sincerely present the petition to Bush and push for Pollard’s release when they meet, or will he conveniently forget the document in Israel or present it to some state department underling as his predecessor did? MB