28 August '07
MORDECHAI VANUNU, OUT!! OUT!! OUT!!
OUT – of court
OUT – of jail
OUT – of Israel, if he wants…
What now for Vanunu – further imprisonment, or continual threats thereof? He has endured 20 years incarceration – 11 of which were spent in solitary confinement – just for telling the rest of us that Israel has nuclear weapons. More than two years after his release, he is again waiting on an appeal (September 9th) to see if he has to return to jail for another six months, for being within breach of the imposed restrictions of his movements.
Following his most recent sentence, Vanunu commented that his conviction proved that Israel was still ruled, in effect, by the British mandate because the law under which he was convicted is from that era. “Maybe I need to turn to the Queen or to Tony Blair in order to grant me justice,” he said.
Ironic then that only a few weeks ago, Tony Blair flew into Vanunu’s hometown as a prospective future neighbour. Israeli sponsored Blair, traveling to Jerusalem as envoy to the UN, the EU, America and Russia, is said to fancy the one–time residence of the British High Commissioner for Palestine as a base for his new role. This house, once the pride of British diplomacy, was taken over by the UN after the British Mandate ended in 1948. So, the British mandate ends, the UN get houses, who gets the law?
Hey presto! Tony Blair, he’s a lawyer? Why doesn’t our Tony try and sort out some little issues for once, like a horse has a pre–‘big race’ confidence booster before it steps into the breach, I’m sure he’d be welcomed with open arms at Vanunu’s, if he needed somewhere to watch the England vs Israel match (the day before his hearing)?
One of my MEPs says it is an internal matter for the Israelis, another says he’ll take it up with the EU but doesn’t the recourse to the British mandate bring the onus back to us to help his cause? Isn’t there a discrepancy within the Israeli Judicial system that needs reform? The EU & Amnesty International have both criticised Israel for their treatment of Vanunu.
One of his supporters, Rayna Moss, noted – after one of his recent trials – ”The over-eagerness of the prosecution in this case (after it was brought forward) indicates that the judicial system is being prodded by a vindictive security establishment and that this is a blatant attempt to avoid any public discussion of the use of the 1945 Emergency Regulations against Israeli citizens.“
We can sign a PM Petition and Jeremy Corbyn MP has tabled EDM (1813), so please write to your MEP’s and MP’s and ask them to sign. After looking into this matter I am now convinced that if there is any hope for Mordechai Vanunu, it is this grey area – the use of laws from the British mandate to re–convict a man that has served his time and should be let go.
Probably the most comprehensive account of this modern day Galileo can be found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanunu
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