Justice4JP Release - March 21, 2006

Jonathan and Esther Pollard wish to express admiration, gratitude and
profound respect to their American attorneys, Eliot Lauer and Jacques
Semmelman, for their heroic, undying, untiring efforts to secure justice for
Jonathan Pollard, against insuperable odds. Their courage, determination,
dedication and devotion to the truth has done the Jewish People great honor
and been an enormous Kiddush HaShem.

Fighting a battle for justice - uphill all the way - against 3 government
agencies determined to prevent the truth in this case from ever coming to
light, Lauer and Semmelman fought all the way to the Supreme Court without
ever breaking stride or becoming discouraged in the face of utter corruption
and behind-the-scenes subversion.

The American Justice, Intelligence and Defense Departments have for 21 years
thrown their full weight into subverting the rule of law to ensure that
Jonathan Pollard, the Jewish agent of the Jewish State, never gets his day
in court and that he remain in prison as a constant symbol for use against
Israel and against the American Jewish community. In their intransigent,
two-decades-long subversion of justice for Jonathan Pollard, these agencies
have repeatedly demonstrated that their hatred for Israel far outweighs any
regard they have for the rule of law or for the American Constitution.

Even the support of some of the greatest legal minds in America was of no
avail. Among the influential signees of Amicus Briefs to the court in
support of Pollard's case were such illustrious names as Anthony Amsterdam,
Charles Ogletree, Charles E. Rice and Michael Tigar. Among the important
legal organizations supporting Jonathan's brief were the American Civil
Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
This heavyweight support was of no avail in face of the massive subversion
of the courts by the Justice, Intelligence and Defense Departments. Their
stubborn opposition caused the entire legal struggle to be calculatedly
sandbagged at the outset of every filing, and the merits of Pollard's case
were never reached. Every filing was summarily dismissed on spurious and
flimsy technicalities.

Refusing to give in to the subversion, and more determined than ever, Lauer
and Semmelman took Pollard's the case all the way to the American Supreme
Court. This final avenue of appeal behaved no differently than the lower
courts: it subverted justice by simply refusing to hear Pollard's petition.
Contrary to misinformed media reports, Jonathan Pollard did not lose the
case; it simply was never heard.

Justice4JP released the following statement to the Israeli media today.
Translation below is provided by J4JP:

US Supreme Court Hammers Final Nail in the Coffin
of Hopes to Secure Justice for Jonathan Pollard Via Legal Avenues.

J4JP Release - March 21, 2006

ESTHER POLLARD: "Jonathan's very life is at stake. If the Prime Minister
will not respond at once - even before the day is done - by making an
immediate appeal to President Bush to release my husband, then he personally
will be sentencing Jonathan to death."

The US Supreme Court yesterday dismissed Jonathan Pollard's final petition,
driving the last nail into the coffin of hopes to secure justice for
Jonathan Pollard via the US legal system. Here are some of the comments
Esther Pollard made in the Israeli media today:

"The decision of the Supreme court is disappointing but not surprising. The
dismissal of this petition, just like all the ones that preceded it, was
based solely upon legal technicality; the merits of the case were never
reached."

"Israel's abandonment of her agent, my husband, Jonathan Pollard, was never
a problem that could be solved via the American legal system."

"The real issue is: this is the first time in the history of modern
espionage that that an agent has been forced to face a court of law on his
own, in the country where he operated, without receiving any support from
the country which sent him and for whom he sacrificed himself."

"From the outset Jonathan never had any chance of receiving justice from the
Americans as long as the country that sent him, and for whom he sacrificed
himself, continued to turn its back on him."

"Whenever I am out in public, people come up to me again and again to
express their outrage at the ingratitude and irresponsibility of the
Government of Israel, which instead of freeing from captivity the one who
served the State and saved the lives of Israeli citizens, just threw him to
the dogs."

"For years we were told to be patient, that there is an on-going legal
initiative. No one can say that any longer. It is over. This was the final
nail in the coffin of our hopes of securing justice for Jonathan via the
American system of justice."

"Every additional minute that Jonathan spends in prison he is in mortal
danger. Every additional moment, every additional second that Jonathan
remains in prison, his life hangs in the balance. There is no reason to wait
to bring him home in a coffin, G-d forbid!"

"If the Prime Minister will not respond at once - even before the day is
done - by making an immediate appeal to President Bush to release my
husband, then he personally will be sentencing Jonathan to death." -30-

SEE ALSO:

Transcript: Kol Yisrael Radio Interview of Esther Pollard on US Supreme
Court Dismissal of Jonathan's Petition

Hebrew Text: Pollards Respond to US Supreme Court Dismissal of Petition -
Media Release

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