[Washington Post] Jonathan Finer - A balding, bearded visage loomed during President Bush's visit to Jerusalem last week, peering down from banners and from posters on buses. The face was that of Jonathan Pollard, an American who pleaded guilty in 1986 to passing top-secret information to Israel. Israeli supporters seeking his release were rebuffed by President Bill Clinton during the last period of extended negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Pollard has remained a cause celebre in Israel, perceived in some quarters as a Jewish patriot whose spying was intended to strengthen Israel, an American ally, rather than weaken the U.S. Israel granted him citizenship in 1998.
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