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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>
 
In September 2015, Mordechai Vanunu's eighth Petition to remove the restrictions against him was denied by Israel's High Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/08/04/vanunu-mordechais-september-high-court-and-a-kindle-book/|title=Vanunu Mordechai's September: High Court and a KINDLE Book - The Arab Daily News|work=The Arab Daily News|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>
 
On 12 August 2015, Mordechai Vanunu and his wife applied for family reunification via the Norwegian embassy in Tel Aviv. Vanunu's exit to Norway must be accepted by Israel and his entry approved by Norway. Norway had previously said that they could only issue emergency passports to people who are already on Norwegian soil. However, his wife is a professor at the School of Theology in [[Oslo]], and thus fulfills the requirement that one must be able to provide for their spouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/08/16/interview-with-eileen-fleming-on-her-new-ebook|title=Interview with Eileen Fleming on her new ebook|work=The Arab Daily News|date=16 August 2015|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>
 
On 2 September 2015 Vanunu granted his first interview to IsraelIsraeli Mediamedia in a Channel 2 interview regarding the Mossad operative who trapped him in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/09/03/nuclear-whistle-blower-mordechai-vanunu-talks-mossad|title=Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu Talks Mossad|work=The Arab Daily News|date=3 September 2015}}</ref>
 
On 23 December 2015, Vanunu wrote: "Freedom of speech and Freedom of movement. 2016 Freedom year" in an update to his 30 October 2015 statement regarding his 8th Supreme Court Appeal. On 30 October Vanunu wrote: "I had a court hearing on 26 October 2015. We appealed all the restrictions. I even spoke to the Judges. They gave to the police 90 days to end their investigation for the last arrest, after that they will decide."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/12/23/mordechai-vanunus-christmas-update-and-thirty-year-wait-for-freedom-from-israel|title=Mordechai Vanunu's Christmas Update and Thirty-year Wait for Freedom from Israel|date=23 December 2015|publisher=thearabdailynews.com|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>
 
On 24 February 2016, Vanunu tweeted his latest news regarding Israel's Supreme Court which has ordered the Prosecution to respond no later than 21 April 2016 regarding Vanunu's 8theight Supreme Court appeal to end all restrictions and allow him to leave Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2016/02/25/mordechai-vanunu-latest-news-at-twitter/|title=Mordechai Vanunu Reports Latest News at Twitter|first=Eileen|last=Fleming|date=25 February 2016|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>
 
On 30 January 2017, Vanunu wrote on Facebook that the three Supreme Court judges were to rule "in a few weeks" regarding his latest appeal seeking to end all restrictions against him so that he can leave Israel. As of 3 March 2017, the last Vanunu wrote on Facebook: "Vanunu Mordechai February 15 at 11:52 am ·We are now waiting for the Supreme court decision, it could be any time soon. And it could be good or nothing, so I am used to all this for 31 years,1986-2017. Freedom Must come."<ref>{{cite news|author=Eileen Fleming |url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2017/03/03/israels-nuclear-weapons-senator-schumer-fourth-estate/ |title=Israel's Nuclear Weapons, Senator Schumer The Fourth Estate and Vanunu Mordechai #Vanunu |newspaper=The Arab Daily News|access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref>
 
On 2 June 2019, Vanunu reported at his Facebook Wall, "that for the 16th year, after 18 years behind bars" Israel renewed the restrictions against Vanunu "not to meet foreigners, not leave the country".<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://thearabdailynews.com/2019/06/05/vanunu-mordechais-33-years-captivity-continues-at-facebook/ | title=The Arab Daily News &#124; Vanunu Mordechai's 34th Year Captivity Continues at Facebook| date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
 
On 3 December 2019, Israel's Supreme Court dismissed Vanunu's latest petition seeking to end the restraining orders against "his freedom" and "privacy" citing "a concern about the probability of closeness to the certainty that if the restrictions imposed on Vanunu are removed, he will act to publish this [relevant confidential] information."<ref>[https://thearabdailynews.com/2019/12/21/mordechai-vanunus-2019-supreme-court-petition-for-full-freedom-from-israel-dismissed/ Mordechai Vanunu’s 2019 Supreme Court Petition for full freedom from Israel: DISMISSED! - The Arab Daily News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>