Officials in the Prime Minister�s Office report that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be leaving for Washington DC on motzei Shabbos. He is among a handful of leaders invited to the White House to bid farewell to outgoing President George W. Bush.
To date, all requests for a pardon for Jonathan Pollard have been turned down. Olmert�s aides� report that the prime minister will once again seek to obtain a presidential pardon since it is customary for an outgoing president to grant pardons to convicted prisoners.
Olmert, who is also near the end of his term, has not been viewed as a leader who has been particularly concerned with obtaining Pollard�s release, adopting the policy of his predecessor, Ariel Sharon.
He has not placed the Pollard issue at the forefront of his dealings with the United States, and supporters of Pollard are not too hopeful regarding Olmert�s willingness to push the Pollard issues too far.
Pollard supporters continue to point out that over the years, including during the Olmert administration, there have been numerous opportunities to link Pollard�s release to compliance with American interests in the Mideast.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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