On emotional moment for the former U.

S Navy analyst who served three decades in prison for spying for Israel.

Jonathan Pollard and his wife, Esther, arrived in Tel Aviv to a welcome from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader saying a Hebrew prayer of Thanksgiving for the liberation off prisoners.

Hollande had long voiced a desire to immigrate to Israel, which granted him citizenship.

The espionage affair was a rare strain on US Israel relations for decades.

Static for my class after 35 years.

Pollard was sentenced in 1987 to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage.

On was freed on parole in 2015, seen by some as a parting gift to Israel by the Trump administration.

The U.

S Justice Department let the parole terms five year travel ban go under a nude.