Can you provide some sources for your information, Rabbi Sol, so we can have a look at it ourselves? That's pretty standard procedure in serious discussions here in the Mudcat.

I saw some articles from Jewish organizations that put forth the argument that Pollard was responsible, himself, for the way he was treated because he tried to circumvent the justice system by trying win his case through the court of public opinion. Thay said that he had tried to make himself out to be a hero and was courting hero status among Jews in the US and especially in Israel, and that this created a very delicate situation for those who are trying to preserve the integrity of the US intelligence agencies.

I also just finished reading an article about Mordechai Vanunu, and his assertion that he was, and is being treated unjustly by the government of Israel because he has converted to Christianity. Personally, I don't think his being a Christian has anything at all to do with how he is treated by the government of Israel.