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Pollard Forms Party, Demands Service, Labels Netanyahu War Lies

5/6/2026

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Jonathan Pollard announced a new political party that will contest Israel’s upcoming Knesset election.
He formed the party with Nissim Louk, the father of an October 7 victim.
He urged mandatory national service for all citizens and called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war claims false.
He will join a coalition with Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu but refuse to sit with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whom he called a liar.

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Jonathan Pollard announced a new political party that will contest Israel’s upcoming Knesset election.
He formed the party with Nissim Louk, the father of an October 7 victim.
He urged mandatory national service for all citizens and called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war claims false.
He will join a coalition with Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu but refuse to sit with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whom he called a liar.