Mordechai Vanunu: Difference between revisions

In March 2015, Vanunu established an Indiegogo campaign to raise the $10,000.00 that he was ordered to pay the Israeli newspaper ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]'', when Israel's Court ruled against Vanunu's libel suit against the publication for a November 1999 article. ''Yedioth Ahronoth'''s headline read: "Vanunu gave Hamas activists information on bomb assembly in prison" and a second-page insert entitled, "He's done it again", claimed Vanunu sent messages containing bomb-making information to incarcerated members of Hamas. Avigdor Feldman, Vanunu's defense attorney argued the report was fabricated by Shin Bet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/03/23/mordechai-vanunu-cases-of-libel-and-extortion-security-and-press/|title=Mordechai Vanunu: Cases of Libel and Extortion Security and Press|work=The Arab Daily News|date=23 March 2015|access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref>

 

 

On 3 June 2015, Minister [[Vidar Helgesen]] said Norway had asked Israel to abolish the restrictions against Vanunu leaving Israel for humanitarian considerations. [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] foreign policy spokesman [[Liv Signe Navarsete|Navarsete]] stated, "I would urge the government to make a difference…it would attract international attention if Norway gave nuclear whistleblower asylum or emergency passport – despite the Israeli sanctions against him."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/06/06/free-vanunu-to-norway-international-intervention-required/|title=Free Vanunu to Norway: International Intervention Required|work=The Arab Daily News|date=6 June 2015|access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref>