Mordechai Vanunu, the technician who revealed to the world that Israel had a nuclear program and weapons made at Dimona, has begun another spell in prison (a three-month jail term) for violating the terms of his release in 2004 by allegedly meeting 'foreigners' ..... his girlfriend is Norwegian!
He had been drugged and kidnapped off the streets of Rome in 1986 by Mossad, and taken back to Israel (much like North Koreas kidnap activities abroad), for a 'secret trial' .... not the first or last time that Israel has abused its 'friends' hospitality to commit state sanctioned crimes in the West.
Mr Vanunu is still banned from from speaking to the foreign media and travelling abroad.
In other words he is in the same position as Aung San Suu Kyi the leader of the Burmese opposition who is under arrest, banned from speaking to the foreign media and travelling abroad.
All this after serving 18 yrs in an Israeli prison (mostly in solitary confinement) for telling the world that Israel had a secret nuclear program and had made bombs ........ Iran anyone?
Why is this important? Well because we and the rest of the Western world, generally support Israel, partly because it has not only the only democracy in the region, but that it respects the general principles of treatment for its citizens (including the Israeli Arabs, in the main), that we do.
However their treatment of Vannu has been an international disgrace, with punishment after punishment heaped on this man. His treatment has been so harsh, that it reminds one of the 'politicals' in the USSR, and considering the fact that they were often Jews, you would think that Israel would never have repeated that experiment.
The fact that its also been alleged this week (and denied by Israel), that in a move reminiscent of the Pakistan scientists selling nuclear technology to Iran, Israel was offering to sell nuclear technology (aka Nuclear Bombs) to Apartheid South Africa in the 1970's, shows that full scrutiny of Israel's nuclear capabilities is a necessity .
Oddly the UN have just voted to have a "Nuclear Free" Middle East.
ReplyDeleteThe unanimously agreed document also said that Israel should sign the Non Proliferation Trophy ... Israel has objected.
I guess you mean "Treaty" although it would be a 'Trophy' for the Arabs if Israel signed up.
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