- Jonathan Pollard is the only person in the history of the United States to receive a life sentence for spying for an American ally.
- On November 21, 2009, Pollard will enter the 25th year of his life sentence, with no end in sight.
- The maximum sentence today for such an offence is 10 years.
- The median sentence for this offence is 2 to 4 years.
Meanwhile, in 1995, American Navy Lieutenant Commander Michael Schwartz, a non-Jew, provided Saudi Arabia with daily intelligence summaries. Schwartz was indicted and confessed, and yet never spent a day in prison. Navy officials justified this with the exact statements that Pollard made.
A pro-Arab, non-Jewish military officer escapes punishment, while a pro-Israel, Jewish civilian gets life without parole for the same crime. How is this not anti-Semitism?
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