It was revealed several weeks ago through documents leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the United States has been actively spying on Israel for many years. As early as 2009, U.S. spies were monitoring email traffic from then Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and future Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The U.S. is also shown to have conducted extensive surveillance on Hebrew University’s Institute of Physics, which is world renowned for its research on nuclear and atomic physics.

With reports of the U.S. spying on its own citizens and now confirmed spying of its allies, there is nothing new or shocking about these revelations. The Shin Bet has known for years that the U.S., under the guise of its embassy operations in Tel Aviv, has been gathering information on Israel. Most of the information gathering takes place via its technological intelligence capabilities. The news of the U.S. spying on Israel has led to calls for the release of jailed Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, who has been incarcerated for the past 28 years.

As calls for reform on U.S. spying come in from all over the world, Breaking Israel News asked you whether the United States should continue to spy on Israel. The results are in and here is what you had to say:

Make sure to answer this weeks poll: Should the U.S. release Jonathan Pollard?