a guard put a loaded shotgun to the petitioner?s head, cocked the trigger, and ordered him to turn around and face the outside. When he did so, the guard intoned: 'Now have a good long look. This is the last time you will ever see the outside. When they take you out of here it will be in a wooden box, feet first.'

In my worst nightmares I never imagined that my people wouldn't care about the mitzvah of rescuing prisoners to such an extent that they would bring to power my former commander -- the man who betrayed and abandoned me for 21 years.

I refused, of course. Eitan looked at me and said, 'You'll be sorry'.

Jonathan more than qualifies on all levels for Prisoner of Zion status. It's time for the Israeli government to actually do something positive to bring my husband home.

If they don't give my husband, who is recognized as a bona fide Israeli agent, special status now and fight for his release, they will be sending a clear message to all who are working in Israeli intelligence that if you get caught, you're on your own.