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|description=The former Israeli nuclear technician who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986.He was captured by Mossad, kidnapped and subsequently imprisoned for 18 years, including 11 years in solitary confinement. He continues to be subject to harrassment and forbidden to speak to foreigners or to leave Israel. | |description=The former Israeli nuclear technician who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986.He was captured by Mossad, kidnapped and subsequently imprisoned for 18 years, including 11 years in solitary confinement. He continues to be subject to harrassment and forbidden to speak to foreigners or to leave Israel. | ||
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| − | In 2007, Vanunu was sentenced to six months in prison for violating terms of his parole. The sentence was considered unusual even by the prosecution who expected a suspended sentence. In response, [[Amnesty International]] issued a press release on 2 July 2007, stating that "The organisation considers Mordechai Vanunu to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate and unconditional release." In May 2010, Vanunu was arrested and sentenced to three months in jail on suspicion that he met foreigners, violating conditions of his 2004 release from jail. | + | In 2007, Vanunu was sentenced to six months in prison for violating terms of his parole. The sentence was considered unusual even by the prosecution who expected a suspended sentence. In response, [[Amnesty International]] issued a press release on 2 July 2007, stating that "The organisation considers Mordechai Vanunu to be a prisoner of [[conscience]] and calls for his immediate and unconditional release." In May 2010, Vanunu was arrested and sentenced to three months in jail on suspicion that he met foreigners, violating conditions of his 2004 release from jail. |
==Marriage== | ==Marriage== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:35, 1 August 2023
 Mordechai Vanunu     (whistleblower) | |
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 2 days after his release from 18 years in Jail in April 2004 | |
| Born | 1954-10-14 Marrakesh, French Morocco |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Religion | Christian convert from Judaism |
| Exposed | Israel/Nuclear Weapons |
| Victim of | • “Extraordinary rendition” • Torture |
The former Israeli nuclear technician who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986.He was captured by Mossad, kidnapped and subsequently imprisoned for 18 years, including 11 years in solitary confinement. He continues to be subject to harrassment and forbidden to speak to foreigners or to leave Israel. | |
Mordechai Vanunu exposed Israel's nuclear weapons program in 1986.
Contents
Capture
Vanunu was lured to Italy by Cheryl Ben-Tov, a Mossad agent, where he was drugged and transported to Israel and convicted in a trial that was held behind closed doors. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize many times.
Secret Trial and Imprisonment
Vanunu spent 18 years in prison, including more than 11 years in solitary confinement. Released from prison in 2004, he was subjected to a broad array of restrictions on his speech and movement. Since then he has been briefly arrested several times for violations of those restrictions, including giving various interviews to foreign journalists and attempting to leave Israel. He says that he suffered "cruel and barbaric treatment" at the hands of Israeli authorities while imprisoned, and suggests that his treatment would have been different if he had been Jewish (Vanunu is a Christian convert from Judaism).
Continued harrassment and confinement
In 2007, Vanunu was sentenced to six months in prison for violating terms of his parole. The sentence was considered unusual even by the prosecution who expected a suspended sentence. In response, Amnesty International issued a press release on 2 July 2007, stating that "The organisation considers Mordechai Vanunu to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate and unconditional release." In May 2010, Vanunu was arrested and sentenced to three months in jail on suspicion that he met foreigners, violating conditions of his 2004 release from jail.
Marriage
On 26 May 2015 Vanunu married long-time Norwegian acquaintance, Professor of theology, Kristin Joachimsen, at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem [1]. It was his association with Prof Joachimsen that earned him a further term of imprisonment in 2010 because it was deemed to be in violation of his parole terms which forbid any association with foreigners. As of May 2015, his parole terms have not changed and he is still forbidden to leave the country.
Daniel Ellsberg has referred to Mordechai Vanunu as "the preeminent hero of the nuclear era".
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:Critical Technology Assessment.pdf | Report | April 1987 | Clarence A Robinson Edwin S. Townsley | US Institute for Defense Analysis assessment of the technologies of Israel and NATO nations - including nuclear weapons capailities. Declassified in March 2015 with all but the Israeli sections remaining redacted. |
References
- ↑ Israeli nuclear whistleblower marries Norwegian woman, but can't leave country - i24 News, 23 May 2015
