Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli Nuclear Technician against Zionism
An interview by We Are Wide Awake:
Between 1976 and 1985, Son of a Rabbi, Mordechai Vanunu was employed as a low level technician at the Negev Nuclear Research Center, an Israeli facility which, according to the majority of defense experts, is used for manufacturing nuclear weapons and nuclear research; it is located in the Negev desert south of Dimona. Most worldwide intelligence agencies estimate that Israel developed nuclear weapons as early as the 1960s.
Mordechai Vanunu was kidnapped from Italy for blowing the whistle on Israel’s nuclear concealmant. He spent 18 years in prison, including more than 11 years served in solitary confinement. Vanunu was released from prison in 2004, subject to a broad array of restrictions on his speech and movement.
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