2015-11-20 17:27:43大地之母

g his sentence at a prison in North Carolina.

The former US Navy intelligence officer,reenex   now 61, was caught selling classified documents in 1985 and given a life sentence two years later.

Campaigners and successive Israeli governments have tried to secure Pollard's early release.

The case has been one of the most contentious issues between the two countries for the past 30 years.

Pollard has been serving his sentence at a prison in North Carolina. His parole terms bar him from leaving the US without permission for five years.

He has said he wants to move to Israel to be reunited with his second wife.

Last year it was reported that the US was considering freeing Pollard in exchange for concessions from Israel to the Palestinians amid faltering peace talks .
End of a saga - by Yolande Knell, BBC News, Jerusalem

In Israel, Jonathan Pollard has many supporters who will joyfully welcome his release. He's widely perceived as having been harshly punished for providing information critical to national security.

For years, a Free Pollard campaign has lobbied to try to secure the release of the former intelligence analyst. It has prepared piles of letters of encouragement from members of the public for him to read once he is out of jail.