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Spy Jonathan Pollard Announces Knesset Run, Blames Netanyahu

5/7/2026

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Former U.S. Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard announced he will run for the Israeli Knesset later this year with a small right-wing party.
In a Zoom interview he apologized for his 1980s espionage and accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of betraying the nation after the Oct. 7 attack.
He said he helped dig graves for soldiers after the Oct. 7 assault and advocated replacing the involuntary transfer of Palestinians from Gaza with Israelis.

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Former U.S. Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard announced he will run for the Israeli Knesset later this year with a small right-wing party.
In a Zoom interview he apologized for his 1980s espionage and accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of betraying the nation after the Oct. 7 attack.
He said he helped dig graves for soldiers after the Oct. 7 assault and advocated replacing the involuntary transfer of Palestinians from Gaza with Israelis.