Israeli whistle-blower back in jail
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistle-blower, has started a three-month jail sentence for breaking the terms of his release, the Daily Telegraph reported. The former nuclear technician at the Dimona nuclear plant was released in 2004 having spent 18 years in prison for disclosing nuclear secrets to the UK's Sunday Times newspaper. Vanunu was arrested in December 2009 at a Jerusalem hotel while talking to a Norwegian woman. The Israeli Supreme Court sentenced him to serve three months community service or three months in prison for meeting a foreigner in violation of the terms of his release. Vanunu opted for community service, but requested that he perform it in Arab east Jerusalem as he would be "harassed by the Israeli population" in the mainly Jewish west Jerusalem. However, the court rejected his request and ordered him to serve three months in jail. Since his release in 2004, Vanunu has been detained several times for violating the terms of his release that ban him from travel or contact with foreigners. Israel has never confirmed or denied that it has nuclear weapons.
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistle-blower, has started a three-month jail sentence for breaking the terms of his release, the Daily Telegraph reported. The former nuclear technician at the Dimona nuclear plant was released in 2004 having spent 18 years in prison for disclosing nuclear secrets to the UK's Sunday Times newspaper. Vanunu was arrested in December 2009 at a Jerusalem hotel while talking to a Norwegian woman. The Israeli Supreme Court sentenced him to serve three months community service or three months in prison for meeting a foreigner in violation of the terms of his release. Vanunu opted for community service, but requested that he perform it in Arab east Jerusalem as he would be "harassed by the Israeli population" in the mainly Jewish west Jerusalem. However, the court rejected his request and ordered him to serve three months in jail. Since his release in 2004, Vanunu has been detained several times for violating the terms of his release that ban him from travel or contact with foreigners. Israel has never confirmed or denied that it has nuclear weapons.
