A demonstration demanding the release of Jonathan Pollard is scheduled for Wednesday, 10 Adar 5773 at 15:30 outside the official President’s Residence in Yerushalayim. The date selected is exactly a month ahead of the scheduled arrival of US President Barak Obama.

At the time of the demonstration Wednesday, President Shimon Peres will be meeting with a senior US delegation.

The latest online petition calling on President Obama to release Pollard ahead of his visit to Jerusalem has gathered over 36,000 names. To sign please visit the site.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)