In 1986, after giving information to the British newspaper 'Sunday Times' about the nuclear secrets of Israel (he worked as a technician at Israel's nuclear power plant and was fired at a certain point ? prior to giving the information), Vanunu was kidnapped by the Israeli 'Mosad' and sentenced after a trial to 18 years in prison.
Israel has never admitted to have nuclear missiles heads, and says that the nuclear power plant is for research only.
Vanunu says it was an act of conscience, but some reports suggest the 'Sunday Times' offered him about 100,000 pounds.
All this in short ? there are much more bits of information claiming one side or the other.
So what do you think?
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I for myself think that the ambiguity policy Israel has should stop. I do have the right to if there are nuclear weapons in my country (and it?s pretty obvious that it does). As for Vanunu - I'm not so sure of his motives. I change my mind about him almost every day.
He indeed was always known for holding extreme left-wing opinions. But it is said that he had much hatred towards Israel, towards the Jewish religion. He converted to Christianity (prior to being in prison) and was quoted saying that Islam and the Jewish religion war ?retarded?. Other quotes related to him says he thinks that the state of Israel has no right to exist and that only a Palestinian state should exist on this land. He himself says the last quote was taken out of context.
So maybe it was because of the ideology, maybe because of the hatred or maybe because of the money. Probably the government has its own interest in spreading information.
And of course, there are the conspiracy theories: Anyone who is interviewed for a job at the nuclear power plant undergoes the most thorough security research you could ever imagine. You would have expected that a person with his opinions (most state security-related places won't hire extremists, right or left) might encounter problems getting the job. But he was hired, managed to take photographs of the place(about 60 were transferred to the Sunday Times) and gather information that goes fare beyond his area of work. All of this in a place with high security measures. It is claimed by some that Vanunu was used ? he was intentionally hired and maybe encouraged to give information, all of this to create deterrence in the eyes of the Arab world without giving out the ambiguity policy or any exact information.
Israel has never admitted to have nuclear missiles heads, and says that the nuclear power plant is for research only.
Vanunu says it was an act of conscience, but some reports suggest the 'Sunday Times' offered him about 100,000 pounds.
All this in short ? there are much more bits of information claiming one side or the other.
So what do you think?
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I for myself think that the ambiguity policy Israel has should stop. I do have the right to if there are nuclear weapons in my country (and it?s pretty obvious that it does). As for Vanunu - I'm not so sure of his motives. I change my mind about him almost every day.
He indeed was always known for holding extreme left-wing opinions. But it is said that he had much hatred towards Israel, towards the Jewish religion. He converted to Christianity (prior to being in prison) and was quoted saying that Islam and the Jewish religion war ?retarded?. Other quotes related to him says he thinks that the state of Israel has no right to exist and that only a Palestinian state should exist on this land. He himself says the last quote was taken out of context.
So maybe it was because of the ideology, maybe because of the hatred or maybe because of the money. Probably the government has its own interest in spreading information.
And of course, there are the conspiracy theories: Anyone who is interviewed for a job at the nuclear power plant undergoes the most thorough security research you could ever imagine. You would have expected that a person with his opinions (most state security-related places won't hire extremists, right or left) might encounter problems getting the job. But he was hired, managed to take photographs of the place(about 60 were transferred to the Sunday Times) and gather information that goes fare beyond his area of work. All of this in a place with high security measures. It is claimed by some that Vanunu was used ? he was intentionally hired and maybe encouraged to give information, all of this to create deterrence in the eyes of the Arab world without giving out the ambiguity policy or any exact information.