The White House on Thursday said it was unaware of a private meeting earlier this year between Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, and convicted Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
The meeting reportedly took U.S. officials by surprise because it broke with what some current and former officials described as a long-standing precedent for American diplomatic protocol.
Pollard, 71, confirmed the meeting to reporters, according to i24News, and described it as cordial.
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