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| Rachel Corrie protesting the destruction of Palestinian homes |
Similar to his role as a spy, the name Jonathan Jay Pollard skims the surface of public awareness eliciting only a vague sense of recall from the most informed and well-read of us.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has recently made it known that he would like Mr. Pollard, currently serving a life-sentence for selling national secrets to Israel, released into Israeli custody. He argues that Pollard's failing health merits reconsideration. He has some audacity, doesn't he? Perhaps, while we are at it, we can erect a memorial to Benedict Arnold and declare a day in his honor. Utterly unbelievable.
What bothers me most about this episode is the arrogance of Netanyahu's approach. He dismissed the murder of the American activist Rachel Corrie by an Israeli solder in 2003 as "an accident that happened." Where is his sense of moral outrage and justice? The answer, clearly, is that since she was protesting the destruction of a Palestinian doctor's home, she was an enemy of Israel and no tears should be shed for her death. Hmm..and now Netanyahu would like for the US to release an Israeli spy simply because he has served enough time and that his health is ailing. I propose this solution: when the solder who murdered Rachel Corrie faces justice (and a life-term in prison), then we can consider Netanyahu's 'proposal.'
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