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Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu gesturing during his trial in Jerusalem two months ago. (Tomer Appelbaum)
Last update - 16:18 02/07/2007
Vanunu to return to prison for violating the terms of his parole
By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court has sentenced nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu to six months in jail for violating the terms of his parole.

Vanunu, a former technician at Israel's nuclear plant near the southern town of Dimona, spent 18 years in prison for giving details of the country's atomic program to British newspaper "Sunday Times" in 1986.

Upon his release in 2004, Vanunu was banned from leaving the country and talking to foreigners without approval, because Israeli authorities claimed he could still divulge classified information.
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Some two months ago, Vanunu was convicted of 14 parole violations including contacts with journalists and attempts to leave Israel proper to go to Bethlehem, which is in the West Bank.

The court's sentence was unexpected, and even the prosecution expected the court to hand down a suspended sentence, meant solely as a deterrent.

Vanunu's attorneys, Michael Sfard and Avigdor Feldman, said before the conviction was handed down that the terms of their client's parole order were unreasonable.

According to the verdict, "The order stemmed from the fact that the accused had hoarded in his memory classified information that has not been released, and the release of which could harm the security interests of Israel."

After the verdict was announced, Vanunu said that his conviction proves that Israel is still ruled, in effect, by the British mandate, because the law under which he was convicted is from that era.

"Maybe I need to turn to the queen or to Tony Blair in order to grant me justice," he said.
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  1.   New profession invented 14:29  |  Shlomo 02/07/07
  2.   HOME SWEET HOME 14:37  |  Jay A Friedman 02/07/07
  3.   He knows the rules 14:38  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/07
  4.   HE MISSED BARGHOUTY 14:38  |  indrajaya 02/07/07
  5.   spirit of punishment and sadism 14:42  |  mehmet 02/07/07
  6.   Vanunu to return to prison 14:50  |  Yvette Gross 02/07/07
  7.   Vanunu is mainly punished for converting 15:00  |  Sensible 02/07/07
  8.   Maybe he likes it there 15:03  |  Big Al 02/07/07
  9.   Vanunu`s new secret is out: Tony Blair still Britain`s PM! 15:03  |  Amazed 02/07/07
  10.   Those foreign journalists 15:08  |  JW 02/07/07
  11.   6 Months for Vanunu, Katsav still free to rape 15:15  |  SJ 02/07/07
  12.   it`s a shame 15:18  |  lola 02/07/07
  13.   Vanunu 15:18  |  Jörg Bremer 02/07/07
  14.   Swop the bastard for Pollard!!!! 15:21  |  Choni Davidowitz 02/07/07
  15.   So where is Bethlehem, after all? 15:25  |  velvl shmerlson 02/07/07
  16.   Van Nu Nu! 15:27  |  Odessey 02/07/07
  17.   Vanunu was asking for it 15:52  |  D 02/07/07
  18.   Dumb 15:55  |  JJ 02/07/07
  19.   #15 15:56  |  D 02/07/07
  20.   his entire raison d`etre is to be in jail. This is what he wants. 15:56  |  don 02/07/07
  21.   I admire the values of this society. 16:13  |  Andreas 02/07/07
  22.   #15 New to Israel? 16:18  |  Kate 02/07/07
  23.   Main Problem With Vanunu 16:18  |  Yosemite 02/07/07
  24.   And what were you saying about Pollard? 16:29  |  ballistic 02/07/07
  25.   #5 mehmet 16:29  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  26.   #11 SJ 16:32  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  27.   Parole Parole Parole 16:36  |  Jonas Barbosa 02/07/07
  28.   Mr Vanunu. 16:36  |  David Nigel Braham 02/07/07
  29.   Speaking of Pollard... 16:47  |  Seth Halpern 02/07/07
  30.   If this were Russia.... 16:49  |  Daniel 02/07/07
  31.   Vanunu 16:58  |  Zoe 02/07/07
  32.   # 30 Daniel: If this were Russia ... 16:59  |  Axel 02/07/07
  33.   He didn`t commit any crimes? That`s laughable! 17:08  |  Gili 02/07/07
  34.   Yosemite #23 17:08  |  JJ 02/07/07
  35.   Daniel #30 17:13  |  JJ 02/07/07
  36.   Davidowitz #14 17:18  |  JJ 02/07/07
  37.   #7 Vanunu is mainly punished... 17:23  |  ATLAS 02/07/07
  38.   Betlehem is part of Israel as is Tel Aviv and Golan 17:28  |  Joseph E . 02/07/07
  39.   Jonas Barbosa - not correct 17:30  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/07
  40.   Israel is showing its weakness 17:41  |  Man 02/07/07
  41.   To Lola Its a shame 17:45  |  Janyard Horster 02/07/07
  42.   vanunu is a mercenary scum, not a whistleblower 17:56  |  john nemesh 02/07/07
  43.   rapeDogs 18:19  |  Elias 02/07/07
  44.   Israel shoots itself in foot again 18:23  |  Justicia 02/07/07
  45.   Speaking to journalists is no treason - 18:30  |  Sensible 02/07/07
  46.   Let him go 19:33  |  Lee Kaplan 02/07/07
  47.   Only in Israel 19:42  |  Guy From NYC 02/07/07
  48.   Longer sentence than Katsev 19:47  |  Tim 02/07/07
  49.   vanunu 19:55  |  Neil Fiertel 02/07/07
  50.   Mark Lincoln 20:00  |  J.Barbosa 02/07/07
  51.   Prison should become Vanunu`s HOME FOREVER 20:15  |  Vittorio 02/07/07
  52.   Interesting, what this says about Israel 20:20  |  Thomas Jackson 02/07/07
  53.   Free Vanunu 20:21  |  Iwantmycountryback 02/07/07
  54.   JUSTICE BY THE CHOSEN ONES 20:32  |  JACKAL 02/07/07
  55.   Poor Vanunu 20:34  |  Danite 02/07/07
  56.   Nobody talk about Israel`s vast stock of nukes 21:03  |  Clickfool 02/07/07
  57.   zoe 31 21:03  |  let`s be serious 02/07/07
  58.   Free Vanunu! 21:08  |  Kim 02/07/07
  59.   de MOCK racy...... 21:16  |  Miriam 02/07/07
  60.   Vanunu the Kosmic Kvetch 21:23  |  Bill 02/07/07
  61.   re Israel shoots itself in foot again 21:32  |  copa 02/07/07
  62.   Vanunu is a Lion .. Pollard is a Rat 21:35  |  Natallie Durson 02/07/07
  63.   "attempts to leave Israel proper to go to Bethlehem" 21:40  |  Victor 02/07/07
  64.   to BEN JABO 21:51  |  mehmet 02/07/07
  65.   THE TRAITOR! 22:17  |  ljf-canada 02/07/07
  66.   He should get life, since he endagered Israel`s security 22:23  |  John 02/07/07
  67.   Where is know all INDRAJAYA for his 1/2 cent commentary? 22:26  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/07/07
  68.   I don`t understand 22:31  |  confused 02/07/07
  69.   Vanunu`s sentence 22:39  |  Jake Terpstra 02/07/07
  70.   Any sense here? 22:44  |  Jecheskel 02/07/07
  71.   Vanunu is a JEWISH hero : let him free ! 22:44  |  Yankelowitz 02/07/07
  72.   What could he know that`s 20 years old? 22:49  |  Don Camillo 02/07/07
  73.   Vanunu vs Pollard: what`s the difference? 23:03  |  K 02/07/07
  74.   Clickfool and Israeli Nukes 23:13  |  Dick Hertz 02/07/07
  75.   Clickfool in Sussex? 23:15  |  Edna SPector 02/07/07
  76.   #70 Yankelowitz 23:31  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  77.   #71 Camillo/Clickfool 23:33  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  78.   #58 Kim - No- keep him locked up. 23:34  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  79.   #68 Jake Terpstra 23:35  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  80.   Israel convicts itself 23:36  |  Howard Morland 02/07/07
  81.   #54 Jackal 23:37  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  82.   #59 Miriam 23:38  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  83.   Mr. Vanunu is a sociopath receiving adulation from other ... 23:40  |  Johnson 02/07/07
  84.   #64 Mehmet 23:44  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  85.   #7 clearly confused 23:44  |  Peter 02/07/07
  86.   #67 Confused - yes you are! 23:46  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  87.   #56 Click - that`s baloney 23:50  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  88.   #62 Nattalie - what shall we compare you to? 23:52  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  89.   To Sensible #45 23:52  |  Peter 02/07/07
  90.   `65` John 00:10  |  mario 03/07/07
  91.   "... hoarded in his memory classified information." 00:13  |  Maureen Ann 03/07/07
  92.   Whats good for the Pollard 00:16  |  Bill 03/07/07
  93.   Freedom of Speech 01:07  |  Tippol 03/07/07
  94.   clickfool # 56 shut the hell up!!!!!! 01:11  |  TAL 03/07/07
  95.   # 73 tippol 01:18  |  Axel 03/07/07
  96.   Free Vanunu, let him live in the US or Europe 01:31  |  Lynn 03/07/07
  97.   #51 Say Vittorio; should prison be Pollard`s home forever? 01:37  |  ballistic 03/07/07
  98.   #54 Say Ben Jabber 01:40  |  ballistic 03/07/07
  99.   CF # 56 01:42  |  ChanahS 03/07/07
  100.   to 70: Vanunu is Christian and wears a Cross 01:48  |  nobodysacred 03/07/07
  101.   Vanunu a hero 02:07  |  Janice 03/07/07
  102.   Vanunu a hero 02:07  |  Janice 03/07/07
  103.   J. Barbosa - Parole 02:16  |  Mark Lincoln 03/07/07
  104.   Danite - Vanunu needs help 02:19  |  Mark Lincoln 03/07/07
  105.   House Arrest ? 05:09  |  Yoram 03/07/07
  106.   For andreas and mehmet 05:33  |  Max 03/07/07
  107.   Thank you Vanunu 06:05  |  Nick Ferriman 03/07/07
  108.   Thanks again Vanunu 06:29  |  Bill 03/07/07
  109.   Vanunu 07:14  |  Garry 03/07/07
  110.   #85 07:27  |  ephraim 03/07/07
  111.   # 66, GENUINE TOSEFTA 07:40  |  indrajaya 03/07/07
  112.   # 66, GENUINE TOSEFTA 07:40  |  indrajaya 03/07/07
  113.   He sold his country for money and got paid for his treason. 07:55  |  PETER SM 03/07/07
  114.   BALLISTIC .Who has offered Pollard parole?When did he break it? 08:17  |  PETER. S.M 03/07/07
  115.   May this imprisonment be the last step to the Nobel Peace Prize 08:20  |  Samuel 03/07/07
  116.   Suppose Vanunu were to declare 08:27  |  English Resident 03/07/07
  117.   #75 Axel - You`re still trying to peddle 08:38  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  118.   #78 Ball less one 08:43  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  119.   #78-2 Ball Less one 08:45  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  120.   #80 nobody sacred - especially traitors 08:48  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  121.   #85 Bill -Melbourne 08:50  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  122.   For Chanah S # 79 09:16  |  Clickfool 03/07/07
  123.   vanunu`s conversion 09:17  |  Dovid Shub 03/07/07
  124.   # 30, Daniel - If this were Russia 11:20  |  Samuel 03/07/07
  125.   Just Revenge 13:27  |  L A 03/07/07
  126.   #125 Just Revenge 16:52  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  127.   Vanunu is christian 17:17  |  mehmet 03/07/07
  128.   #127 mehmet 17:37  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  129.   LA 19:51  |  deborah 03/07/07
  130.   DAI 01:59  |  luis 04/07/07
  131.   WHAT A COUNTRY 02:06  |  NEIL GOLAN 04/07/07
  132.   Not for money 02:13  |  David 04/07/07
  133.   It was good for Israel? 02:31  |  David 04/07/07
  134.   Not right 04:10  |  Alex Johnson 10/07/07
  135.   vanunu is a despicable mercenary 16:29  |  john nemesh 11/07/07
  136.   To #114 04:03  |  TBA 24/11/07
  137.   vanunu WAS paid a fortune!!! 09:52  |  john nemesh 01/02/08
  138.   Vanunu 05:22  |  Amy Dudgeon 19/02/08
  139.   Vanunu`s actions before London 11:01  |  john nemesh 01/03/08
  140.   andreas 11:44  |  john nemesh 13/05/08
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