Editing Jonathan Pollard (section)

==Emigration to Israel==
Although Pollard expressed a desire to relocate to Israel, he did not immediately do so after his parole expired due to his wife's health issues, and remained in the US for over a month while she underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer. Pollard and his wife, Esther, finally arrived in Israel on December 30, 2020, on a private jet owned by US billionaire [[Sheldon Adelson]]. They were greeted on arrival by Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who handed Pollard his Israeli documentation.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="bbc" /> Israeli Intelligence Minister [[Eli Cohen (politician born 1972)|Eli Cohen]] said that Pollard would be granted a government stipend equivalent to the pensions granted to former [[Mossad]] and [[Shin Bet]] agents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/intelligence-minister-israel-will-pay-jonathan-pollard-653871|title=Intelligence minister: Israel will pay Jonathan Pollard pension|work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> In accordance with [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]] restrictions, they went into quarantine for two weeks after their arrival. Pollard and his wife settled in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/jonathan-pollard-out-of-quarantine-strolling-jerusalem-in-pictures-655738|title=Jonathan Pollard out of quarantine, strolling Jerusalem – In Pictures|work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref><ref name="bbc" /> Esther Pollard died on January 31, 2022. She had been hospitalized for two weeks after contracting COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Esther Pollard, Wife of Israeli Spy, Dies After COVID Hospitalization|language=en|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/esther-pollard-wife-of-israeli-spy-dies-after-covid-hospitalization-1.10578237|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Esther Pollard, wife of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, dies at 68|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/esther-pollard-wife-of-israeli-spy-jonathan-pollard-dies-at-68/|access-date=January 31, 2022|website=The Times of Israel}}</ref>

Pollard was honored by [[Mayor of Jerusalem]] [[Moshe Lion]] at a [[Jerusalem Day]] gala in 2021. Pollard gave the main address to the gala, in which he accused the U.S. government of [[anti-Semitism]], termed the [[U.S State Department]] and the [[United Nations]] enemies of Israel, and referred to the [[Biden administration]] as "[[Amalek]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Magid|first=Jacob|title=Pollard: 'Jew-hatred' a foundational belief of 'Amalek' Biden administration|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/pollard-jew-hatred-a-foundational-belief-of-amalek-biden-administration/|access-date=March 29, 2023|website=The Times of Israel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan Pollard attends Mercaz HaRav Jerusalem Day celebration|url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/11/jonathan-pollard-attends-mercaz-harav-jerusalem-day-celebration/|access-date=March 29, 2023|website=Israel Hayom}}</ref> In Jewish tradition, the [[613 commandments]] mandates that Amalekites must be killed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ask the Expert: Blotting out Amalek|url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-blotting-out-amalek/|access-date=March 29, 2023|website=My Jewish Learning}}</ref>

Pollard refused an offer to campaign for the Knesset on the [[Otzma Yehudit]] party's electoral slate in the [[2022 Israeli legislative election]], saying that he had "suffered enough".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ben Gvir names scion of prominent rabbinic family to his far-right slate|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-names-scion-of-prominent-rabbinic-family-to-far-right-slate/|access-date=March 29, 2023|website=The Times of Israel}}</ref>

During mid-September 2022, Pollard announced his engagement to Rivka Abrahams-Donin, a widowed mother of seven children.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarare |date=September 14, 2022 |title=Mazal Tov! Jonathan Pollard Is Engaged To A Mother Of 7 |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/2124449/mazal-tov-jonathan-pollard-is-engaged-to-a-mother-of-7.html |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=The Yeshiva World |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Jonathan Pollard, ex-spy for Israel, engaged to be married|language=en-US|work=The Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-717170|access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref> They married on October 20.<ref>{{Cite news|title=WATCH: Former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard married|work=The Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-720187|date=October 20, 2022|access-date=October 21, 2022}}</ref>

On November 23, 2023, Pollard posted on X (formerly [[Twitter]]) that Israel should have arrested [[Gaza war hostage crisis|the families of Israeli hostages]] taken by Hamas during the [[Gaza war]] to prevent them from interfering in Israel's war plans.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Pollard: Israel Should've 'shut The Mouths Of Hostage Families' |language=en-US |work=[[i24NEWS (Israeli TV channel)|i24NEWS]] |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/1700759005-pollard-israel-should-ve-shut-the-mouths-of-hostage-families |access-date=November 23, 2023 |date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> In February 2024, he advocated moving the entire Arab population out of Gaza, preferably to [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-25/ty-article/send-gazans-to-ireland-ex-spy-pollard-looks-to-ben-gvir-to-find-his-political-future/0000018d-dfe1-df79-a5cd-ffffa32f0000 |title='Move Gaza's Arabs to Ireland': Former U.S. Jewish Spy Pollard Endorses Israel's Far-right Ben-Gvir |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |first=Rachel |last=Fink |date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>