(Ha'aretz) The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel, meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday, passed a unanimous resolution urging President Barack Obama to grant convicted spy Jonathan Pollard immediate clemency "on humanitarian grounds." Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky noted the growing consensus in favor of Pollard's release among former Pentagon and CIA officials, American dignitaries, legal authorities, the Israeli government, and American Jewish leaders. "The time has come to vigorously and loudly demand his freedom," he said. "28 years is more than enough."
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