American who spied for ‘Israel’ says Jews ‘will always have dual loyalty’
"I’m sorry, we’re Jews, and if we’re Jews, we will always have dual loyalty", Pollard said.
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Jonathan Pollard, a convicted American who served a 30-year sentence for spying for the occupation state and leaking classified documents, said that Jews will always have dual loyalty.
“American Jewry has one major problem: they consider themselves more American than they do Jews,” Pollard told the Israel Hayom daily.
When asked how he felt about being accused by US Jews of having dual loyalties, Pollard did not deny the accusation. “If you don’t like the accusation of double loyalty, then go the F*** home,” the former spy, who was generously welcomed by Netanyahu in December, said.
“It’s as simple as that. If you live in a country where you are constantly under that charge, then you don’t belong there. You go home. You come home. If you[‘re] outside Israel, then you live in a society in which you are basically considered unreliable. The bottom line on this charge of dual loyalty is, I’m sorry, we’re Jews, and if we’re Jews, we will always have dual loyalty,” he added.
Furthermore, Pollard added that if asked for advice, he would counsel a young US Jew working in the American security apparatus to spy for ‘Israel’.
“I’d tell him, not doing anything is unacceptable. So simply going home [to Israel] is not acceptable. Making aliyah is not acceptable,” Pollard said. “You have to make a decision whether your concern for Israel and loyalty to Israel and loyalty to your fellow Jews is more important than your life.
“If you do nothing, and you turn your back, or simply make aliyah, and go on with your life, you’ll be no better than those Jews who before and after the destruction of the Temple said, ‘It’s not my responsibility.’”
Pollard (66 years old), had leaked US military secrets to the occupation state while working as a civilian intelligence analyst for the US Navy in the 1980s. He was arrested in 1985 after trying unsuccessfully to gain asylum at the Israeli Embassy in Washington and pleaded guilty.
He as given a life sentence, however, after serving 30 years in federal prison, he was released in 2015 and placed on a five-year parole period by the Trump administration. Pollard arrived in the occupation state to a hero’s welcome in December.
