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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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2015 release projected for Pollard
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons projects a 2015 release date for Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. navy analyst convicted of spying for Israel. The release date, on the bureau’s Web site, is the first indication that the United States plans to release Pollard, who was convicted in 1986 and is serving a life sentence in a North Carolina prison.
U.S. administrations have consistently rejected appeals to grant clemency for Pollard, whose supporters argue that he was subjected to a disproportionately harsh sentence.
Pollard’s wife, Esther, dismissed the report, saying the release date is merely theoretical and that U.S. authorities have ignored other guidelines when it comes to Pollard. However, Ha’aretz, the Israeli daily that first reported the release date Monday, said other convicted spies have their sentence listed simply as “life” with no release date.
Islamic group targets David Project
A Boston Islamic group sued a pro-Israel group for defamation.
The Islamic Society of Boston on Monday broadened an existing suit against a local TV station and the Boston Herald to include terrorism expert Steve Emerson and the David Project, a group that earned headlines last year by alleging bias against Jewish and pro-Israel students at Columbia University. The suit alleges that the defendants sought to defame the Islamic Society to keep it from building a mosque.
The Boston Globe quoted the David Project as describing the suit as “factually and legally frivolous.”
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