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An Israeli court has put nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu under seven days’ house arrest for giving a TV interview, more than a decade after he completed an 18-year jail term, according to media reports.An Israeli court has put nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu under seven days’ house arrest for giving a TV interview, more than a decade after he completed an 18-year jail term, according to media reports.
Army radio said Vanunu was arrested on Thursday morning after giving an interview on the privately owned Channel 2 station last week, in defiance of the terms under which he was released in 2004.Army radio said Vanunu was arrested on Thursday morning after giving an interview on the privately owned Channel 2 station last week, in defiance of the terms under which he was released in 2004.
He later appeared in a Jerusalem court and was confined to his home for a week and barred from using the Internet, army radio said. Court officials could not be reached for confirmation.He later appeared in a Jerusalem court and was confined to his home for a week and barred from using the Internet, army radio said. Court officials could not be reached for confirmation.
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The former nuclear technician was jailed in 1986 for disclosing the inner workings of Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant to the Sunday Times in London. He spent more than 10 years of his sentence in solitary confinement.The former nuclear technician was jailed in 1986 for disclosing the inner workings of Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant to the Sunday Times in London. He spent more than 10 years of his sentence in solitary confinement.
In Friday’s interview – the content of which Channel 2 said was cleared for broadcast by the military censor – he said he no longer had any secrets to reveal and just wanted to join his wife overseas.In Friday’s interview – the content of which Channel 2 said was cleared for broadcast by the military censor – he said he no longer had any secrets to reveal and just wanted to join his wife overseas.
“I got married three months ago to my wife, who is in Norway,” he said.“I got married three months ago to my wife, who is in Norway,” he said.
“She is the wage-earner; she is the one who is working. She can’t live here,” Vanunu said. “I want to start living my life.”“She is the wage-earner; she is the one who is working. She can’t live here,” Vanunu said. “I want to start living my life.”
He married Norwegian theology professor Kristin Joachimsen at a Lutheran church in Jerusalem on 19 May.He married Norwegian theology professor Kristin Joachimsen at a Lutheran church in Jerusalem on 19 May.
Vanunu, 60, converted to Christianity shortly before being snatched by Mossad agents in Rome and smuggled to Israel to face trial for treason.Vanunu, 60, converted to Christianity shortly before being snatched by Mossad agents in Rome and smuggled to Israel to face trial for treason.
Released in 2004, he was jailed again for 11 weeks in 2010 for breaking the terms of his release by meeting a foreigner, a prison official said.Released in 2004, he was jailed again for 11 weeks in 2010 for breaking the terms of his release by meeting a foreigner, a prison official said.
In 2011, the high court barred him from emigrating on the grounds that he still poses a threat to state security.In 2011, the high court barred him from emigrating on the grounds that he still poses a threat to state security.
He is barred from speaking to journalists but has repeatedly given interviews to foreign media, while shunning the Israeli press until the Channel 2 appearance.He is barred from speaking to journalists but has repeatedly given interviews to foreign media, while shunning the Israeli press until the Channel 2 appearance.
Isreal refuses to confirm or deny that it has atomic weapons, but is regarded as the Middle East’s sole, if undeclared, nuclear power.Isreal refuses to confirm or deny that it has atomic weapons, but is regarded as the Middle East’s sole, if undeclared, nuclear power.
It has refused to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty or to allow international surveillance of the Dimona plant in the Negev desert of southern Israel.It has refused to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty or to allow international surveillance of the Dimona plant in the Negev desert of southern Israel.