The convicted US spy Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence<br />in a North Carolina Prison, has been taken to a civilian hospital<br />following deterioration in his health. His condition was not<br />immediately clear. Members of the Committee to Bring Jonathan Pollard<br />Home estimated that the decline in the inmate's health was critical.<br />According to the activists, he was last taken to the hospital in<br />August, when he required emergency kidney surgery. On Thursday, former<br />Hamas captive Gilad Shalit joined a petition calling Peres to push for<br />Pollard's release ahead of the leader's upcoming acceptance of the US'<br />Presidential Medal of Freedom. Pollard, a former US Navy intelligence<br />analyst, was convicted in 1985 of spying for Israel. He was granted<br />Israeli citizenship in 1995.
