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Mordechai Vanunu

Yossi Cohen, then the national security adviser, is seen in a committee meeting at the Knesset on December 8, 2015, sitting behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2018, 12:09 pm
Israel’s Mossad spy agency shrouded in mystery and mystique
Netanyahu’s dramatic display of materials about Iran’s nuclear program, seized from Tehran, marked rare case of Israel going public about an operation of its top secret spy agency
By Aron Heller
Mordechai Vanunu seen at a Jerusalem Supreme Court hearing on January 30, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
From the WebOctober 1, 2017, 5:09 pm
Norway agrees to host Mordechai Vanunu
Foreign Ministry to determine whether to maintain travel ban on Dimona secret-spiller who wants to join his wife
By AFP
Kristin Joachimsen with Mordechai Vanunu (Facebook)
September 30, 2017, 7:14 pm
Nuclear secrets-spiller Vanunu invited to live in Norway with his wife
Former Dimona technician, who served 18 years for leaking details of Israel’s nuclear program, is currently banned from leaving the country
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mordechai Vanunu seen at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for sentencing after being convicted of breaking the terms of release from prison, July 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 10, 2017, 4:48 pm
Nuclear spy Vanunu gets community service for talking to foreigners
Former nuke technician convicted of meeting with 2 US nationals in a breach of his terms of release
By Stuart Winer
Mordechai Vanunu seen at a Jerusalem Supreme Court hearing on January 30, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 20, 2017, 9:03 pm
Nuclear secret spiller says Israel still ‘hounding’ him
Mordechai Vanunu, released in 2004 after 18 years jail for leaking nuke secrets to newspaper, awaits new sentence
By AFP
Israel nuclear program secrets leaker Mordechai Vanunu at a hearing in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 26, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2017, 4:13 pm
Nuclear spy Vanunu convicted for violating parole
Former technician at Dimona plant found guilty of meeting with two foreigners without permission; acquitted over 2015 TV interview
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: B61 nuclear bombs on a rack. (Courtesy US Department of Defense)
June 13, 2016, 4:21 pm
Nuclear powers shrinking, modernizing arsenals – watchdog
Despite fewer warheads, none of world’s 9 nuclear powers show signs of surrendering their atomic weapons, study finds
By AP and ToI Staff
Mordechai Vanunu talking to Channel 2 on September 4, 2015 (Channel 2 screenshot)
May 8, 2016, 9:26 pm
Nuclear secret spiller Vanunu indicted for Israeli TV interview
Ex-worker at Dimona plant faces charges for violating terms of parole, including meet with US nationals, move to new apartment in same building
By ToI Staff
A partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert, on September 8, 2002. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
April 28, 2016, 7:43 pm
Israel nuclear reactor defects spark safety concerns
Calls for new safeguards at aging atomic research center after report uncovers 1,537 flaws at aluminum core
By Joe Dyke
The Nuclear Research Center NEGEV, located in Dimona. (screen capture: YouTube, via Channel 10)
November 21, 2015, 4:44 am
Israel has 115 nuclear weapons, says US think tank
New report alleges Israel produced some 660 kg of plutonium at Dimona nuclear facility over past 50 years
By ToI Staff
Mordechai Vanunu speaks to the media at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, September 10, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2015, 12:01 pm
Nuclear secret spiller Vanunu arrested after TV interview
Former worker at secretive Dimona facility questioned, sent to house arrest, after speaking to Channel 2
By ToI Staff
Mordechai Vanunu talking to Channel 2 on September 4, 2015 (Channel 2 screenshot)
September 9, 2015, 6:50 pm
Police probe nuclear spy Vanunu over Israeli TV interview
Channel 2 feature on nuclear spy was approved by censor, but investigation indicates he may have breached terms of jail release in comments that were not aired
By ToI Staff
Mordechai Vanunu talking to Channel 2 on September 4, 2015 (Channel 2 screenshot)
September 4, 2015, 9:46 pm
Israel lets Mordechai Vanunu discuss its nuclear program on primetime TV
In remarkable departure from decades of ‘nuclear ambiguity,’ man convicted of treason for leaking details of Israel’s nuclear arsenal is allowed to warn of the ‘danger’ posed by ‘Dimona powder keg’
By David Horovitz
Ex-nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu attending a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in 2010. Vanunu has been petitioning for years against a warrant preventing him from leaving Israel. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 4, 2015, 11:14 pm
Nuclear secret-spiller Vanunu requests exit from Israel, for 8th time
Undeterred by numerous refusals, ex-Dimona reactor technician seeks permission to visit wife’s family abroad
By Judah Ari Gross
File photo of Jonathan Pollard, 1998. (AP/Karl DeBlaker/File)
July 29, 2015, 3:34 pm
Pollard in a Pandora’s box
The expected release of the spy-for-Israel leads the press to revisit his arrest and long prison term
By Adiv Sterman
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