I'm not whining, simply pointing out the truth. If it doesn't apply to you, why embrace it ?
Bottom line: Pollard handed over a ton of stuff that was of no value to Israel against the Arabs, but was of great value to the USSR when that data made a trip from Tel Aviv to Moscow. And he's got a clique on FR that says, "Not that there's anything wrong with that..."
A person of integrity would have to admit that neither his prosecutors nor his defense were aware of the level of betrayal via Hanssen, Ames, and others. I'm not one of your clique saying "there's anything wrong with that...". He is guilty of espionage. He could have made other choice to correct any perceived injustices. He should simply be treated equally under the law with others who commit espionage and not singled out because he is Jewish and spied on behalf of Israel.
Choose now if you're American or Israeli, and act accordingly.
Well, since you insist on debate at a juvenile level,
"Fifty points from Slytherin, Mr Malfoy."
Despite repeated assertions to the contrary, nobody has ever provided anything other than rank speculation to support the contention that Jonathan Pollard is in jail because he is either Jewish or because he spied for Israel. The simple fact is that Jonathan Pollard is still in jail because he put himself there, through his blatant attempts to manipulate the sentencing process by bringing public pressure to bear on the court. Granting those interviews to the Jerusalem Post - and even worse, his wife's interview on 60 Minutes - was quite possibly the second-stupidest decision Jonathan Pollard made in his life, the first being the decision to commit espionage in the first place.
Going before the international media and suggesting that not only was what you did was not wrong, it was morally justified, and doing it just before your sentencing is a galactically stupid move, but not one that's unique to Pollard. He is hardly being singled out in this respect - I assure you, defendants who fail to exhibit remorse as they are being sentenced find the book getting thrown at them every day of every week in every courthouse in this country. When Jonathan Pollard chooses to act in the manner he did before his sentencing, neither he nor his supporters have any right to be surprised when the sentence meted out is unusually harsh. When the consequences of his actions were entirely foreseeable, he has no more right to present himself as a victim of circumstance than does someone who pours a can of gasoline over themselves and begins striking matches.