Mordechai Vanunu

{{Audio|He-Mordechai_Vanunu.ogg|Mordechai Vanunu}} (מרדכי ואנונו) (born October 13, 1954), also known by his baptismal name John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician who revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured to Rome by an American Mossad agent, abducted and smuggled to Israel, where he was tried behind closed doors and convicted of treason.

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Source documents and interviews

• Sunday Times articles from 1986
• Vanunu receives honorary doctorate
• Israeli Court attempts to impose restrictions on Vanunu's free speech
• Mordechai Vanunu Risks Jail To Speak to Democracy Now! in First Nat'l U.S. Interview
• Vanunu 'held' by Israeli police
• Enav, Peter. "Israeli nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu arrested for passing on classified documents." The Associated Press. November 11, 2004. http://info.mgnetwork.com/printthispage.cgi?url=http%3A//ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBJT000F1E.html&oaspagename=www.tbo.com/ap/story.htm&image=tbologo80x60.jpg
• Kayw, Taakov, and Arieh O'Sullivan. "A-G orders Vanunu arrested." The Jerusalem Post. November 11, 2004. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1100147298218&p=1078027574121
• "Israeli police detain nuke whistleblower Vanunu." Reuters. November 11, 2004. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=619232§ion=news
• Biographical interview with Mordechai Vanunu published in a Hebrew newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, 1999
• Our Son, The Rebel interview with his adoptive parents, 2002.
• Ari Ben-Menashe on the Capture of Mordechai Vanunu
• Metro Interview (UK free paper given out in cities)

Israeli government statements

• Memorandum Regarding Mordechai Vanunu on the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

Human rights bodies

• Amnesty International report from 1998
• Amnesty International report from April 2004
• Amnesty International Press release, April 2005
• International Freedom of Expression Exchange

Current affairs coverage

• Excerpts from Vanunu's statement upon release from prison
• BBC Correspondent — Israel's Secret Weapon, broadcast on March 17, 2003, gave an update of Vanunu's situation. There is also a transcript available.
• Better World Links on Mordechai Vanunu and Israel's Atomic Weapons
• A Mossad perspective on the capture of Mordechai Vanunu in Haaretz.
• Left-wing commentary article reflecting on Vanunu, the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the general political situation (late 2004).

Public statements by Mordechai Vanunu

• Personal homepage of Mordechai Vanunu
• Letters from Solitary — book of letters from Mordechai Vanunu to Rev. David B. Smith of Sydney, Australia, through whom Vanunu converted to Christianity. PDF copy: Light version, the full version, with reproductions of each letter, is available from Father David's web site.

Advocacy websites

• http://www.vanunu.org/
• The 1987 Right Livelihood Award for Mordechai Vanunu
• Free Prisoner of Conscience, Mordechai Vanunu, With No Restrictions! (Report by The Israeli Committee for Mordechai Vanunu and for a Middle East Free of Atomic, Biological and Chemical Weapons)
• Sydney link to Israeli prisoner of conscience from The National Council of Churches in Australia.
• Information on Vanunu's candidature for Glasgow University Rector.
• Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign with information about his rectorship
• http://www.peacepeople.com/ The Peace People, Belfast with various reports