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Israeli police have arrested Mordechai Vanunu, a technician who spent 18 years in prison for revealing details of Israel's clandestine nuclear programme. | Israeli police have arrested Mordechai Vanunu, a technician who spent 18 years in prison for revealing details of Israel's clandestine nuclear programme. |
He is being held on suspicion that he met foreigners, violating conditions of his 2004 release from jail, police say. | He is being held on suspicion that he met foreigners, violating conditions of his 2004 release from jail, police say. |
At a Jerusalem court hearing, Mr Vanunu was placed under house arrest for three days until the case proceeds. | |
His lawyer said his arrest was because of his relationship with his Norwegian girlfriend, not for revealing secrets. | |
'Romance' | |
"Vanunu was arrested [for] a relationship between a man and a woman, with a Norwegian citizen," Avigdor Feldman told reporters. | |
"She is not interested in nuclear business - she's interested in Mordechai Vanunu [and he] is probably interested in her." | |
But police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Mr Vanunu had met "a number of foreigners", something he had been banned from doing. | |
From the data Mr Vanunu leaked to a UK newspaper in 1986, experts concluded that Israel had nuclear arms. Israel neither confirms nor denies this. | From the data Mr Vanunu leaked to a UK newspaper in 1986, experts concluded that Israel had nuclear arms. Israel neither confirms nor denies this. |
After his release from prison in 2004, the Israeli authorities banned Mr Vanunu from speaking to foreign media and travelling abroad. | |
They said he could divulge more classified information about Israel's Dimona nuclear plant, where he had worked before the arrest. | |
Mr Vanunu - an anti-nuclear campaigner - has rejected the claim, saying he only wants to be free to leave Israel. | Mr Vanunu - an anti-nuclear campaigner - has rejected the claim, saying he only wants to be free to leave Israel. |
In 2007, Mr Vanunu, a Jewish convert to Christianity, was sentenced to six months in prison for breaking the conditions of his parole. | In 2007, Mr Vanunu, a Jewish convert to Christianity, was sentenced to six months in prison for breaking the conditions of his parole. |
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