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Vanunu, Mordechai

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Mordehaï Vanunu could emigrate to Norway

3 October 2017

The Norwegian government had granted the Israeli atomist technician, Mordehaï Vanunu, the right to be reunited with his family in Norway.
Mordehaï Vanunu, an Israeli citizen who had converted to Christianity, revealed to the Sunday Times in 1986, secrets relating to the reactor at Dimona and (…)

Mordechai Vanunu is still "Israeli"

21 June 2012

On 6 June 2012, the Israel Supreme Court denied Mordechai Vanunu’s petition to renounce his citizenship, saying that the application had not been submitted according to the prescribed procedure. It took one year for the Israeli legal system to inform the applicant and his lawyers that he had (…)

Exclusive Interview

Mordechai Vanunu: "Iran poses no threat"

by Silvia Cattori

10 November 2011

Against the current backdrop of Israeli talk of pre-emptive strikes against Iran’s alleged military nuclear facilities, Voltaire Network is republishing this exclusive 2005 interview of Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu. Twenty-five years ago, this former Israeli nuclear technician exposed (…)

Mordechai Vanunu’s 36-hour preventive arrest for using his freedom of speech

1 December 2005

Mordechai Vanunu, activist and ex-engineer at the Israeli Dimona Nuclear Center, was once again arrested on November 18, 2005 by Israeli authorities and submitted to a 36-hour preventive detention and later released thanks to his lawyer’s mediation. That was the first detention after Vanunu was (…)