Mordechai Vanunu: Difference between revisions

Vanunu was born in [[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]], the second of 11 children born to an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] family that lived in the city's ''[[mellah]]'', or Jewish quarter. His father, Shlomo, ran a grocery store, and his mother, Mazal, was a housewife. Vanunu studied in an [[Alliance française]] school, and a Jewish religious elementary school, or [[cheder]]. In 1963, following a rise in anti-Semitic sentiment in Morocco, Vanunu's father sold his business, and the family emigrated to Israel. Vanunu was ten years old at the time. The family transited through France, spending a month in a camp in [[Marseille]] before being taken to Israel by sea. Upon arrival in Israel, the family was sent by the [[Jewish Agency for Israel|Jewish Agency]] to settle at [[Beersheba]], which at that time was an impoverished desert city. During their first year in Israel, the family lived in a small wooden hut without electricity.