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The Intercept is a platform for documents released by Edward Snowden on a mission to “produce aggressive, adversarial journalism across a wide range of issues” The Intercept passed on an exclusive regarding Mordechai Vanunu but he was named a traitor at the Amazon Customer Discussion “FUN Forum” which triggered this article By Eileen Fleming After NSA whistleblower…
Calls for Nuclear Disarmament advances at UN and Twitter. By Eileen Fleming Middle East Nuclear Disarmament gained steam on Wednesday when the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution on the Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East (A/69/436 [L.1]), without a vote! However, in a vote on the Prohibition…
According to a bill proposed in the Knesset on Tuesday, Israel will pay for its agent Jonathan Pollard’s “reasonable living conditions” for the rest of his life following his expected release after 28 years of a 30-year prison sentence on November 20. The conditions for Pollard’s parole have not yet been revealed; but it’s expected…
On Friday Mordechai Vanunu wrote regarding his 8th Supreme Court Appeal, “I had a court hearing on [October 26, 2015]. We appealed all the restrictions. I even spoke to the Judges. They gave to the police 90 days to end their investigation for last arrest, after that they will decide.” Vanunu also wrote, “Without Freedom…
Sunday marked the official “adoption day” for the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” better known as the Iran deal. Mordechai Vanunu returns to Israel’s Supreme Court for the 8th time on Monday, October 26, appealing to end the over eleven years of restrictions denying his right to leave the State. By Eileen Fleming …
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On Thursday “in the land of the free and the home of the brave” Pope Francis addressed the World, challenged Congress and provoked America to break out of its cycle of rampant apathy fostered by politics, corporate interests and a media which encourages polarization on our one small world bleeding from hatred, greed, poverty, pollution…
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Israel’s Army radio reported on Thursday that Mordechai Vanunu had been arrested in the early hours of September 5, after giving an interview in Hebrew on Channel 2, “in defiance of the terms under which he was released in 2004.” The interview had been cleared for broadcast by the military censor, but Israel’s nuclear whistle…
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