If an Iraqi nuclear technician in the last decade had come forward to reveal previously unknown information about a secret Iraqi nuclear arsenal, that person would be hailed as a courageous hero. Mordechai Vanunu's act was courageous and heroic. Now we see that Iraq's nuclear threat was never rebuilt, Libya has publicly abandoned nuclear ambitions, and Iran has opened up to nuclear inspections. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, has recently urged Israel to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. In the new global war climate, and with escalating conflict in the
Middle East, Mordechai Vanunu's message of nuclear abolition
resonates ever more loudly.
"Well
you can put there my thanks greeting to all those who wrote. If
they want to receive my letters they can write
me." Send a 'Flower' to Thank Vanunu PLEASE DONATE NOW TO HELP MORDECHAI REBUILD HIS LIFE. | April 21, 2004. On this momentous day, Mordechai Vanunu walked out of the prison which had caged him for nearly 18 years. But he isn't free yet. Israel has imposed severe restrictions on Vanunu, including not allowing him to leave Israel. But this is absurd. Mordechai Vanunu has been locked away from the world for almost 18 years. He has no more secrets to reveal and is not a threat to the security of the state of Israel. There are of course many unknowns, but the international campaign is moving forward with attempting to persuade Israel to release Vanunu unconditionally, and allow him to leave the country. Public pressure has brought important changes over the years. In 1998, pressure from his supporters around the world pried open the lock on Mordechai's isolation cell after his first eleven and one half years in solitary confinement. Israel once claimed that the transcript of Vanunu's closed door trial was so sensitive it could never be made public. But several years ago, bending to public pressure, it released most of the trial record and permitted the Knesset's first open debate on nuclear secrecy. And although Israel still officially denies that it has a nuclear arsenal, government censors are allowing increased coverage of the once taboo topic in Israel's mainstream media. We need your help to apply maximum pressure and demand that they unconditionally release Mordechai Vanunu! The U.S. Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu would appreciate any news clippings about the release for our files. Please send to the campaign at PO Box 43384, Tucson, AZ 85733 US. Also, if anyone taped any of the TV or radio coverage, we would appreciate a copy. Thanks!
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu flashes a sign as he speaks to journalists outside Shikma Prison following his release in the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel Wednesday, April 21, 2004. Vanunu was released from prison Wednesday, after serving 18 years for spilling Israel's nuclear secrets, saying he was proud of his actions and complaining he was treated cruelly by his jailers. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
“One
of my great encouragement and happiness in the first year [in prison] was to
know that all
London was covered by all those [censored]; the very secret place underground
had become papers for covering dead fish and meat in the markets and so on;
the most secrets that no one hear or saw, now they are equal to wrapping or
just garbage papers. The secret of the building and the [nuclear weapons] secrets
collapsed without any bombs, without killing anyone. That was the great power
of a nonviolent act.”
Here is
the email address: and here is the postal address: Mordechai
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Apr 04: from Yael Lotan: 28
Apr 04: from Ha'aretz: 27
Apr 04: from Ian McKinnon: 26
Apr 04: from Ian McKinnon: 26
Apr 04: from the Age: 25
Apr 04: from the Independent: 25
Apr 04: from Ha'aretz: 23
Apr 04: from the Independent: 23
Apr 04: from Ha'aretz: 23
Apr 04: from the Sydney Morning Herald: 23 Apr 04: from the U.S. Campaign: 22 Apr 04: from Foreign Policy in Focus: 21 Apr 04: from Trident Ploughshares: 21 Apr 04: from the
U.S. Campaign: 21 Apr 04: from Ha'aretz: 20 Apr 04: from the
International Federation of Journalists: 20 Apr 04: from Ha'aretz: 20 Apr 04: from Ha'aretz: 20 Apr 04: from the
U.S. Campaign: 19 Apr 04: from the Israeli Free Vanunu Campaign: 19 Apr 04: from Amnesty
International: 19 Apr 04: from the
International Campaign: 18 Apr 04: from the U.S. Campaign: 18 Apr 04: from the Independent: 18 Apr 04: from the Boston Herald: 17 Apr 04: from the Guardian: 16 Apr 04: from the Guardian:
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marking
danger for the people of Israel and all neighboring countries. The
calls for international inspection of the Dimona nuclear facility
are growing louder, particularly from Israel's near neighbors. Even
Dimona workers are now drawing attention to unsafe working conditions
that are causing cancers and other illnesses. 
