Israel weighed killing nuke whistleblower Vanunu

[Scurrilous]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05342170.htm

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"Israel's spy agency considered killing nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu in 1986 before deciding to abduct him for trial on treason charges, a former Mossad director said on Thursday.

Shabtai Shavit, who masterminded a "honey trap" for Vanunu after he told a British newspaper about his work at Israel's main atomic reactor, said he feared the ex-technician intends to spill more secrets upon his release from prison this April.

"I would be lying if I said that thought (assassination) did not go through many of our minds," Shavit said, recalling Mossad debates after the Sunday Times interview that blew away Israel's policy of ambiguity over its nuclear capabilities. "But Jews do not do that to other Jews. He was a traitor, so in accordance with Jewish morality and Jewish law he paid for it with imprisonment," Shavit told Reuters."

[Devils Advocate NZ]

1. Is that evidence of Israeli racism? It sure seems like it to me..

After all, they have assasinated anyone who "threatened" Israeli security, but suddenly, because this person was Jewish, "Jewish Morality" kicks in? Nice.