US EditionHuckabee Held Undisclosed Meeting with Convicted Spy Pollard
Huckabee's unscheduled July meeting with convicted spy Pollard at the Jerusalem embassy alarmed U.S. intelligence, highlighting tensions in U.S.-Israel relations.
- On Thursday, U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee hosted Jonathan Pollard at the American embassy in Jerusalem in July, marking Pollard's first visit inside a U.S. government office since his parole in 2015.
- Both men’s efforts to cultivate Israel’s right wing set the backdrop for the meeting, as Jonathan Pollard thanked Mike Huckabee for advocating for his release more than a decade earlier.
- The meeting is notable given Pollard’s 1987 life sentence for spying after passing over 1,000 intelligence cables to Mossad; he was released on parole in 2015 and moved to Israel after parole restrictions lifted in 2020.
- The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem declined to discuss the meeting and the U.S. State Department did not confirm approval, while former American officials criticized it and the CIA station chief in Israel was alarmed.
- Given Pollard’s polarizing status, the encounter carries wider political meaning as he signals Knesset ambitions and advocates Gaza annexation, while many Americans regard him as a traitor and he aligns with the Israeli right wing.
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