MKs Michael Eitan (Likud) and Ophir Paz (Labor) met with Jonathan Pollard in his prison cell in the U.S. last night, and were reportedly \"stunned\" by what they saw. Pollard\'s wife Esther told Arutz-7 today that they had not seen him in a while, and \"his appearance and the deterioration of his health was downright scary to them. He is bloated, pale, in pain, his beard is white, and they are afraid for his health. He told them that he is sometimes jealous of Ron Arad [the Israeli navigator missing in Lebanon since 1986]. They were again stunned, and he explained that Ron can at least know why the government doesn\'t free him - because he is being held by the enemy; but he, Jonathan, is being held by a friendly country, and cannot fathom how it is that Israel cannot obtain his release...\"
Mrs. Pollard blamed Prime Minister Sharon for not doing anything to achieve her husband\'s release: \"It would not even require great pressure on his part. The U.S. already agreed, during the Wye Plantation talks, to release him... Someone who knows President Bush well told us that if we arrange for a leading Israeli rabbi to make an official request, this would be very effective. So we arranged a meeting with Sharon and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, but nothing happened. Sharon did not follow through.\" She said that Foreign Minister Shimon Peres might bring up the matter during his visit in Washington.
Paz and Eitan reported that a very dejected Pollard said he doubted he would leave prison alive, and that he has stopped taking some of his medicines.
Mrs. Pollard blamed Prime Minister Sharon for not doing anything to achieve her husband\'s release: \"It would not even require great pressure on his part. The U.S. already agreed, during the Wye Plantation talks, to release him... Someone who knows President Bush well told us that if we arrange for a leading Israeli rabbi to make an official request, this would be very effective. So we arranged a meeting with Sharon and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, but nothing happened. Sharon did not follow through.\" She said that Foreign Minister Shimon Peres might bring up the matter during his visit in Washington.
Paz and Eitan reported that a very dejected Pollard said he doubted he would leave prison alive, and that he has stopped taking some of his medicines.