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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: February 20, 2007 |
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Nine activists for the release of Jonathan Pollard reached the floor of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's hotel room in Jerusalem on Monday evening and called on the United States to release him. Police forces removed the activists from the hotel and detained three of them for questioning.
Around 8 p.m. the group of activists entered the hotel and several of them went up to the floor Rice is staying on. Near her room they were stopped by a metal detector, but two broke through and managed to get within several feet of her room. Additional security personnel were called in to remove them from the scene.
The activists said: "Rice came here to preach to us that we should release terrorists who have murdered civilians, while the US has imprisoned Pollard for 22 years. His health continues to deteriorate and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must demand his release before it's too late."
The Committee to Free Jonathan Pollard disassociated itself from this evening's incidents. "We only employ legal means for our cause, but we can understand those activists who could not take it anymore."
Ynetnews contributed to this article. |
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