The reaction here to the spy story leads me to the conclusion that many of you will support any action Israel takes. Now I’m quite willing to cheer the Israelis on when it comes to their dealings with the Palestinians, but when it comes to spying on the US and passing on secret info to the Chinese and others I think it is appalling that so many Americans have no problem with it. According to B Netanyahu all Israelis stand as one in their support for Pollard. If that is true – a big “if” – then the friendship provided to Israel by the US is not being reciprocated.

BTW if all countries are doing it then how come there have been so many suspicious cases involving the Israelis? Every month or so there is another story in regional US newspapers about suspicious Israelis being questioned by authorities. Are the Russian spies just smarter and thus don’t get caught?