Good.
Jonathan Pollard has been dealt yet another blow. This time, a request to recognize him as an official Prisoner of Zion has been rejected, once again, by the official Prisoners of Zion Authority.
Sanity prevails, for a change.
Yes, the reasons the Authority gave (at least the way they're presented in this article) are a bit lame. It doesn't matter. I'll repeat, for anyone who hasn't heard me say it before: it's precisely because of this kind of garbage that I no longer support the efforts to bring Pollard "home," and that I believe Israel does well to distance herself from them as well.
[Yosef] Mendlevitch [a former Soviet refusnik and vocal supporter of Pollard] wrote, "The U.S. Administration sinned against Israel by concealing important information from it, in violation of agreements. Granting Pollard the status of 'Prisoner of Zion' would be an important statement on the part of Israel, declaring that Jonathan acted correctly and properly when he bravely went against the American establishment's hiding of the truth from Israel. He set a new standard of Jewish and human responsibility for all of us. He should be considered a Prisoner of Zion, as 'from Zion will come forth' the light of truth and justice for all the nations."
No, he didn't. No, he didn't. And, no, he shouldn't.
