The headline jumped out at me as I opened the paper last Sunday to read the news: “Netanyahu releases 104 Palestinian prisoners to re-launch peace talks.”
Officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Center met with Ecuadorian authorities to seek their support in asking Cuba to release American prisoner Alan Gross.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators asked Cuban President Raul Castro to release jailed American contractor Alan Gross.
Gilad Shalit marked his first birthday since being freed from Hamas captivity.
Knesset leaders sent a letter to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney urging him to grant clemency to Jonathan Pollard if elected president.
Supporters of Jonathan Pollard called Hillary Clinton\’s remarks rejecting his possible clemency \”a resounding slap in the face\” to Israel\’s leaders and its people.
The Washington festivities honoring Israeli President Shimon Peres have come and gone, without an assurance of clemency for jailed spy Jonathan Pollard. But while Pollard’s 27th year in federal prison continues, so do calls for his release.
The U.S. stance denying clemency to Jonathan Pollard remains the same for now, a White House spokesman said, despite the plea by Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are joining forces for the first time in an effort to secure Jonathan Pollard\’s release.
The family of a Hamas leader assassinated in a hotel room in Dubai is trying to halt the release of an Israeli movie about the incident.
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