Mordechai Vanunu: Difference between revisions

Vanunu graduated from Ben-Gurion University in 1985 with a BA in philosophy and geography.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fleming|first=Eileen|title=Third Intifada/Uprising: NONVIOLENT But With Words Sharper Than A Two-Edged Sword - Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory|publisher=Outskirts Press|date=5 February 2007|isbn=978-1-4327-0254-0|page=104}}</ref> In early 1985, he lost his job following a mass layoff of workers due to government cutbacks, but his [[trade union|labor union]] won him his job back. After he resumed working at the facility, Vanunu secretly smuggled in a camera and covertly took 57 photographs. He quit his job on 27 October 1985, due to repeated efforts by his superiors to transfer him to tasks that were less sensitive than his previous positions at the facility. He was given severance pay of $7,500 and a reference letter praising his work and describing his departure as a layoff.<ref>Hounam, p. 39</ref><ref>Cochran, Thomas B. [http://docs.nrdc.org/nuclear/files/nuc_10149601a_174.pdf The Relevance of Mordechai Vanunu Disclosures to Israel's National Security] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927225858/http://docs.nrdc.org/nuclear/files/nuc_10149601a_174.pdf |date=27 September 2014 }}, nrdc.org; accessed 23 February 2017.</ref>

 

 

==Disclosure, abduction and publication==