Washington – The Jewish leaders who met with US President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday did not raise the fate of Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard in their limited time with him, but one of them made sure Obama got the message.
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Following the meeting, National Council of Young Israel executive vice president Rabbi Pesach Lerner, who has been the driving force behind efforts to bring about Pollard’s release, went up to Obama and gave him a note pleading for his life sentence to be commuted.
“Mr. President, this is the question I was not able to ask you,” Lerner told Obama. “It’s about clemency for Jonathan Pollard.”
Obama took the note and said, “Thank you, I will read it.”
Can anyone let me know what was discussed at this meeting? I’m assuming matters of high importance and urgency
It is bad form to exploit the kovod of meeting with the president of the United States to seek a favor on behalf of a convicted spy.