Vanunu nabbed at checkpoint

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Full Title: Nuclear whistleblower Vanunu nabbed at checkpoint near J'lem

Mordechai Vanunu was arrested by Border Policemen on Friday during an inspection of a bus at the A-Ram checkpoint north of Jerusalem.

Vanunu, who was a passenger on a bus en route to Jerusalem, is suspected of violating the terms of his parole.

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Vanunu was released from prison last year after serving an 18-year sentence for divulging classified information about Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona, where he worked as a technician, to a British newspaper.

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He will be harassed until his time on the coil is over.

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1. 'I went to see Palestinian ghettos'

Nuclear whistleblower tells reporters he entered West Bank to see 'Palestinian ghettos'

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"Over a year since his released from jail nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu is still grabbing headlines.

Following his arrest at a West Bank checkpoint Friday, the Tel Aviv Magistrates court released him on bail this evening, and acting on the demands of the Police Unit for International Crimes, Vanunu will be taken to the Jerusalem church where he has been staying since his release in April 2004.

The state prosecution demanded that Vanunu, who was jailed for 18 years for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear program to The Sunday Times, post a bail of NIS 50,000 (USD 10,600) for his release.

On his arrival to the court Vanunu said that all he wants is to leave Israel. He told reporters that he traveled to the West Bank village of al-Ram in order to see “Palestinian ghettos.”

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