Israeli envoy to visit Jonathan Pollard soon

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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113619389475

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Danny Ayalon may visit in the near future Jonathan Pollard, who has been incarcerated for over 20 years after being convicted of spying for Israel.

According to Army Radio, Deputy Minister Orit Noked (Labor), who spoke with Ayalon on Friday night, said the visit would be the opening shot for examining Pollard's release procedure.

Over the weekend, it was reported that the US administration might soon release Pollard in an attempt to soften the right wing battle against the disengagement plan, scheduled for this summer.

Last month, the Knesset passed a resolution demanding that the government make the release of Pollard a condition for Israel's freeing of Palestinian prisoners.

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1. "It was reported" was it...

Sounds like a pretty blatant attempt to use the media to tell the US what it might soon do before the US has actually been convinced of doing it in order to create the impression that this is going to happen anyway so, why not actually do it? Very similar to the pre-emptive stories of how Bush wasn't going to say anything stern to Sharon whatsoever before the meeting at Bush's Texas ranch.

The longer I see stories like this the longer I feel the media is worthless.