{"id":123376,"date":"2026-05-07T12:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/ex-spy-who-sold-u-s-secrets-to-israel-says-hes-sorry-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:21:22","slug":"ex-spy-who-sold-u-s-secrets-to-israel-says-hes-sorry-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/ex-spy-who-sold-u-s-secrets-to-israel-says-hes-sorry-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-spy who sold U.S. secrets to Israel says he’s sorry : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TEL AVIV, Israel \u2014 Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, whose espionage for Israel in the 1980s led to a rupture in U.S.-Israel relations, said he is sorry for his crime, in an interview with NPR.<\/p>\n

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“I made a mistake, I didn’t think about the consequences. And 30 years later, here I am trying to leave a better legacy,” Pollard told NPR in an interview on Zoom from his home near Jerusalem’s walled Old City.<\/p>\n

This week, Pollard announced a run for the Israeli parliament in elections later this year as a member of a small new right-wing party.<\/p>\n

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Pollard moved to Israel in late 2020 after spending 30 years behind bars in the U.S. While serving as a U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, he sold suitcases of top secret documents to Israel, including reconnaissance photos of Israel’s enemies.<\/p>\n