President's Office: Peres to tell Obama Pollard must be released

IMRA - February 26, 2013


The following brief was excerpted from a release from the Office of President Shimon Peres today (26/2/2013).

President Peres met with 200 high school students and answered their questions. One of the pupils asked President Peres about Jonathan Pollard to which he answered, "I intend to raise the issue of Jonathan Pollard during my meeting with President Obama during his upcoming visit to Israel. I did this the last time we met and will do everything I can to convey this clear message: Jonathan Pollard must be released from prison on humanitarian grounds."

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