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Mordechai Vanunu Sentenced To Three Months
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By Saed Bannoura
IMEMC
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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Nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu is continuously harassed by Israel for telling the truth, an activity the Israeli government works very hard to subdue. |
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Israeli sources reported that Nuclear whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu,
was sentenced, Tuesday, to three months imprisonment after he refused
to perform community service in West Jerusalem, fearing harassment from
fundamentalist Jews.
Yet, the Israeli Prosecution argued further than that and claimed that Vanunu can still harm the state’s security.
The Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem declined Vanunu’s request to
perform community service in occupied East Jerusalem, and the court
insisted that his service should be in West Jerusalem.
Israel Ynet News reported that attorney Dan Eldad of the state
prosecution told its reporter that the court tried all venues to
prevent sending Vanunu to jail “but had no other choice”.
His new case at the court brought back claims made against him 24 years
ago, when he was first arrested for revealing information about
Israel’s Nuclear Reactor where he worked.
Eldad told the Ynet that Vanunu knows information that, if revealed, could “jeopardize Israel’s security”.
He also claimed that Vanunu “repeatedly violated the terms of his
parole”, as he spoke to the media and other groups “in violations to
the terms of his release”.
Vanunu was sentenced to six months imprisonment in 2008 for holding a
meeting with foreign nationals, as this issue was seen as a breach of
the conditions of his parole.
Vanunu, who converted to Christianity after he was released, served 18
years behind bars, including 11 years in solitary confinement as Israel
did not want him to communicate with other prisoners.
Upon his release, he was ordered to remain in Israel, and was ordered
not to enter the Palestinian territories or talk to the press.
Vanunu was born in Marrakesh – Morocco on October 14 1954. He declared
his opposition to Israel’s nuclear program and to all sorts of Weapons
of Mass destruction.
After talking to British press in 1986 about Israel’s Demona reactor
where he worked, the Israeli security drugged and kidnapped him after
he was lured to Italy by a spy working for the Mossad.
He was then secretly sent to Israel and an Israeli court was fast to
convict him in a closed session. Vanunu has been repeatedly nominated
for the Nobel Peace Prize.
International Middle East Media Center
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