Mordechai Vanunu ~ a truly inspirational hero for our times ~ his smile is strong despite what was taken from him, or, in other words, his sacrifice to the world towards the cause of Peace. Thank you, Mr. Vanunu!
For this first film, I found I watched it with my finger on the PAUSE button because the facts fly by quickly and every one is pertinent.
Israel's Dimona Nuclear Weapons Factory In 3D
BBC ~ Evidence Israel's nuclear weapons(Banned Censored)1 of 5
Vanunu supporters in Hiroshima, 2002BBC ~ Evidence Israel's nuclear weapons(Banned Censored)2 of 5
Ashkelon Prison, Ashkelon ~ 2004BBC ~ Evidence Israel's nuclear weapons(Banned Censored)3 of 5
Supporters in Toronto, 2003BBC ~ Evidence Israel's nuclear weapons(Banned Censored)4 of 5
SILENCED!BBC ~ Evidence Israel's nuclear weapons(Banned Censored)5 of 5
The face of a man of peace. One could look into those eyes for hours and never run short of stories, among the most sublime, the most horrific truths ever told. A man of inspiration for us all. Truly a testament of what a true activist for peace is capable of.
In 2005, Vanunu told me:
ReplyDelete"Did you know that President Kennedy tried to stop Israel from building atomic weapons?
"In 1963, he forced Prime Minister Ben Guirion to admit the Dimona was not a textile plant, as the sign outside proclaimed, but a nuclear plant. The Prime Minister said, ‘The nuclear reactor is only for peace.’
"Kennedy insisted on an open internal inspection. He wrote letters demanding that Ben Guirion open up the Dimona for inspection.
"The French were responsible for the actual building of the Dimona.
"The Germans gave the money; they were feeling guilty for the Holocaust, and tried to pay their way out. Everything inside was written in French, when I was there, almost twenty years ago.
"Back then, the Dimona descended seven floors underground. In 1955, Perez and Guirion met with the French to agree they would get a nuclear reactor if they fought against Egypt to control the Sinai and Suez Canal. That was the war of 1956. Eisenhower demanded that Israel leave the Sinai, but the reactor plant deal continued on.
"When Johnson became president, he made an agreement with Israel that two senators would come every year to inspect. Before the senators would visit, the Israelis would build a wall to block the underground elevators and stairways. From 1963 to ’69, the senators came, but they never knew about the wall that hid the rest of the Dimona from them.
"Nixon stopped the inspections and agreed to ignore the situation. As a result, Israel increased production. In 1986, there were over two hundred bombs. Today, they may have enough plutonium for ten bombs a year."
In 1963, Peres was Israel’s Deputy Minister of Defense and he lied to President Kennedy during a White House meeting.
Kennedy told Peres, “You know that we follow very closely the discovery of any nuclear development in the region. This could create a very dangerous situation. For this reason we monitor your nuclear effort. What could you tell me about this?”
Peres repLIED, “I can tell you most clearly that we will not introduce nuclear weapons to the region, and certainly we will not be the first.”
Learn about Vanunu's FREEDOM OF SPEECH Trial in the 'democracy' of Israel and see and hear him speak for himself in 2005, 2006, 2008 video @ VANUNU ARCHIVES:
http://www.wearewideawake.org
Eileen Fleming, Author,
Founder of WeAreWideAwake.org
A Feature Correspondent for The Palestine Telegraph and Arabisto.com
Producer "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu"
Looks like a blast site:
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Facility:
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