Why Martin Peretz attacked Jonathan Pollard

In two articles on his own blog, the New Republic's Martin Peretz attacked former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Phyllis Chesler rips Peretz some new body parts, summarizing his attacks and tearing them apart here. But what I find most interesting is Chesler's description of Peretz's motivation.Peretz stands alone. What can explain this? In my view, there is only one explanation.Recently, Peretz