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Israel Puts Vanunu Under House Arrest

HeadlineNov 12, 2004

In other news from Israel, nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu is now under house arrest, a day after Israeli police raided his home and detained him for questioning. In April, Vanunu was released from jail after spending 18 years imprisoned for leaking secrets about Israel’s nuclear weapons program. Yesterday he was re-arrested. Upon his release he spoke with press

Mordechai Vanunu will now be under house arrest for the next seven days. No formal charges were filed against him yesterday but Vanunua was told he may face charges for speaking with the foreign media. In recent months he spoke to a handful of media outlets including the BBC and Democracy Now.

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