JERUSALEM POST
by Gil Hoffman
June 25, 2014

Steinitz, Shaked have faith in Pollard’s return to Israel; Likud MK Feiglin doesn’t believe he will be released.

US President Barack Obama promised President Shimon Peres to have American Attorney General Eric Holder look into the possibility of commuting the life sentence of Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard, Peres told reporters Wednesday.

Holder heads the American Justice Department, he is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the US government. He is considered particularly close to Obama.

Peres told Obama that he had made a promise to Pollard’s wife Esther and to the people of Israel to try to bring about the release of the agent who is in his 29th year in prison. The request was based on humanitarian reasons. Pollard’s health has significantly deteriorated recently.

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