- TEL AVIV - IDF Chief Rabbi
Brig.-Gen. Yisrael Weiss has composed a special prayer for the release
of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, currently imprisoned in the United States.
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- The prayer was distributed among IDF soldiers so they
may pray for the release of Pollard, an American Navy Intelligence researcher
and analyst who was arrested in 1985 and later charged with spying on behalf
of Israel.
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- IDF rabbinate officials told Ynet that Rabbi Weiss had
met with Pollard in prison during a recent trip to the U.S.
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- During the meeting, Pollard asked the rabbi to compose
a prayer for his prompt release, they said.
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- The officials added everything was done with the approval
of senior Israeli security authorities.
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- 'We hope to see Jonathan in Israel soon'
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- Adi Ginzburg of The Committee to Bring Jonathan Pollard
Home said "pursuant to the meeting Rabbi Weiss sent Pollard a letter
stating 'a true hero was revealed to me - humane, opinionated, a proud
and believing Jew'."
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- "Unfortunately it is too late, but it is a formal
recognition by the IDF of the importance of Pollard's efforts," he
said. "This support is important to us during this juncture in which
the prime minister is traveling to the U.S. without the petition for Pollard's
release; at least someone remembers Jonathan."
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- Ginzburg added: "We know (Prime Minister Ariel)
Sharon is willing to pay a heavy price for things that are important to
him, like (Elhanan) Tennenbaum and the disengagement. We hope to see Jonathan
in Israel soon."
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