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To Review Pollard Case

Closed-door meeting will consider
communal support for convicted spy
Jonathan Pollard.

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n ad hoc panel of
American Jewish
communal leaders is
planning a legal review of
the highly controversial
Jonathan Pollard case to de-
termine if their organiza-
tions should back efforts to
gain a new trial for the con-
victed spy, who is serving a
life sentence.
As of yet, no date has been
set for the review, which
panel spokesmen said would
most likely consist of a
closed-door meeting
sometime in the next few
weeks, at which Pollard at-
torneys and "someone" who
could explain the govern-
ment's side of the case would
be heard.
Pollard family members,
who are his most vocal ad-
vocates and who have bitter-
ly criticized the panel for
what they consider its efforts
to sidestep the case, would
probably be excluded.
Phil Baum, associate di-
rector of the American Jew-
ish Congress and panel
chairman, said reviewing
the case in no way commits
the three-year-old panel to
taking any action in support
of Mr. Pollard. The panel
operates under the auspices
of the National Jewish
Community Relations Coun-
cil Advisory Committee.
"Pollard's attorneys con-
tinue to raise legal questions
that should be answered,"
he said. "I don't know what
we'll decide. We're not com-
mitting ourselves to
anything."
Jerome Chanes, a
NJCRAC official who staffs
the ad hoc panel, termed the
review "an off-the-record, in-
formal meeting for the pur-
pose of explaining the issues.
It's to provide guidance for
our members and the com-
mittee."
Mr. Pollard, who pleaded
guilty to providing Israel
with secret U.S. military
data about Iraq and other
Arab nations, is seeking to
have his plea bargain ar-
rangement voided and to
gain a new trial. A three-
judge Washington appeals
court panel is scheduled to
hear the case in September.
Mr. Pollard admits he

broke the law, but also
claims that the government
abrogated his plea agree-
ment by pushing for a
tougher sentence than he
bargained for.
His backers, who view Mr.
Pollard as a modern Jewish
hero who broke the law out
of his love for Israel, have
long sought the support of
the established Jewish
community. Communal
group leaders, however,
have so far declined to get
involved, citing Mr.
Pollard's confessed guilt and
what they term a lack of
community support for Mr.
Pollard.
The decision to review the
case came at a March 14 ses-
sion of NJCRAC's ad hoc
Pollard committee. The

Reviewing the case
does not
presuppose the
support for Mr.
Pollard.

— Phil Baum

panel is composed of repre-
sentatives from the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith, the American Jewish
Committee, the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions, the American Jewish
Congress, the New York
Jewish Community Rela-
tions Council, the
Philadelphia Jewish Com-
munity Relations Council,
and NJCRAC.
Hamilton Fish, a Wash-
ington attorney working on
Mr. Pollard's appeal, said he
welcomed the review, which
he attributed to public
pressure stemming from in-
creased sympathy for his
client on the part of Ameri-
can Jews following Iraq's
Scud missile attacks on
Israel. Supporters say that
information provided by Mr.
Pollard to Israel regarding
the threat of attack from
Iraq helped the Jewish state
prepare for the war.
"I would welcome any in-
terest on their part," he said
of the NJCRAC panel.
"When you have a client sit-
ting in the bowels of a prison
for life, you look for any help
you can get."
Carol Pollard, Mr.

