Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: L'Ispettore di armi per gli Israeliani

Se pensate che il regime Irakeno tratti male gli ispettori ONU,
perlomeno la' nessun'ispettore ONU e' stato messo
in galera a vita.   Mordechai Vanunu, quello che mise il mondo a
corrente del
programma atomico Segreto in Israele, e' finito proprio cosi',
esattamente 16 anni fa.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,804302,00.html
Israel's arms inspector 
Hilary Wainwright
Friday October 4, 2002
The Guardian 
Sixteen years ago this week, an agent of the Israeli secret police,
Mossad, enticed the Israeli nuclear technician, Mordechai Vanunu, to
Rome. The holiday ended abruptly when Mordechai was kidnapped and
taken to Israel, where he was charged with espionage and treason and
given a prison sentence of 18 years. His crime? In 1986 he had blown
the whistle on Israel's nuclear weapons.
In the absence of any international inspection of Israel's nuclear
capacity, Vanunu was our unofficial, DIY arms inspector. He is now
held in Israel's highest security prison, having spent 12 of his last
16 years in solitary confinement. Neither the UN nor any individual
member of the security council has questioned his imprisonment or
demanded that Israel's nuclear capacity be opened to international
inspection.
His story reads like a tragic thriller. But it's real life. As real as
the fact that the Dimona nuclear weapons factory where Vanunu worked,
together with the biological and chemical weapons factory in Nes Zion,
is still not open to international inspection. In 1994 Jane's
Intelligence Review, the world authority on the arms industry,
confirmed that Israel has 200 nuclear warheads, making it the world's
sixth largest nuclear power. The same politicians who now threaten
military invasion of Iraq because of suspected nuclear weapons
capacities, have not demanded inspection of Israel's known nuclear
weapons.
The double standards that scream at you whenever you see the words
"weapons of mass destruction" cannot be excused on the grounds that
Israel is abiding by international regulations. Israel refuses to sign
any treaty regulating the use of nuclear weapons. All correspondence
concerning the nuclear non-proliferation agreement, the nuclear test
ban treaty and other copiously negotiated agreements on weapons of
mass destruction go into the Israeli government's rubbish bins. Yet
Israel receives $3bn (£2bn) of aid, annually, from the US. This is
despite legislation, the Symington Accord, to prevent US governments
from granting aid to countries who develop nuclear weapons outside of
international control and agreement. Sharon claims that, until there
is peace in the Middle East, Israel will do what it likes with its
weapons. Sharon's policies of occupation, past and present, of all
surrounding territories, Palestinian, Syrian, Egyptian and Lebanese
suggests that what he likes is aggression. And, unlike in 1991, he has
already threatened a nuclear response to any Iraqi attack.
MPs defending Tony Blair's close relationship with President Bush
claim that he has more influence "in the tent than outside". Many of
them agree with anti-war campaigners that action in Iraq must be
combined with action over Israel's violation of UN resolutions on
Palestine. This month, the Vanunu committee in Israel will test Tony
Blair 's transatlantic influence by asking Kofi Annan to apply the
same UN arms inspection requirements that it is applying to Iraq, to
Israel. Egypt has been making this demand for some time. It's a demand
that requires support in the security council. Will our prime minister
use his influence on Bush and support this reasonable request? I fear
not.
But surely the British government could do something about Vanunu, and
make up for the Thatcher government failure, after the kidnapping in
1986, to take any action over Mossad's flagrant breach of
international law? The dossier on Iraq's nuclear weapons, on which
Blair rests his case for armed intervention, relies explicitly on
information from Iraqi whistleblowers. These men have been given the
status of heroes. Meanwhile Vanunu has still not been granted the
parole he was due three years ago. He is a prisoner of conscience. He
signed a contract of secrecy at Dimona without being told the whole
truth, and when he discovered the true nature of his work he spoke
out. Amnesty International has been calling for his release for years.
The British government has supported legislation that encourages
whistleblowers to speak out in the public interest. It could now -
applying Article 19 of the UN's International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights on the freedom to impart information regardless of
national boundaries - give its support to a man who has spoken out in
the interests of the whole of humanity. A spokesman for the foreign
office made it clear that it will not be supporting Vanunu's
application for parole when it comes up on October 29.
Vanunu wrote a poem that described his transition from technician to
citizen: "Rise and cry out... You are the secret agent of the people.
You are the eyes of the nation." It is an appeal to all of us.
* Hilary Wainwright is editor of Red Pepper.

 perlomeno la' nessun'ispettore ONU e' stato messo
I casi sono diversi, IMHO dovremmo confrontare il caso Vanunnu con
quelli di cittadini irakeni che hanno rivelato pubblicamente segreti
militari.
Peraltro l'azione di Vanunnu, IMHO, ad Israele ha non ha danneggiato
la sicurezza d'Israele. Infatti avendo l'arsenale nucleare israeliano
una funzione di deterrenza non serve a niente se i possibili bersagli
non ne conoscono l'esistenza, quindi se i possibili nemici gia' ne
erano a conoscenza le rivelazioni di Vanunnu non hanno portato loro
vantaggi, se non ne erano a conoscenza parlando Vanunnu ha
paradossalmente fatto un servizio ad Israele.
Ciao
Ale

 paradossalmente fatto un servizio ad Israele.
D'accordo.
GT

 D'accordo.
Felice di essere d'accordo almeno in qualcosa :-) Scusa per il post
raffazonato.
Ale
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*La sconfitta reclama ad alta voce perche' esige spiegazioni; mentre la
vittoria, come la carita', nasconde un gran numero di peccati*
Alfred T. Mahan

Beh c'era da immaginarlo,orami gli ebrei sono diventati la feccia
dell'umanità.

esattamente 16 anni fa.
Peccato che non era un ispettore ONU ma un cittadino Israeliano che
lavorava al programma nucleare.
E come tale e' stato accusato, processato e imprigionato.
-Stefano

Il vino contiene almeno il 10-11% di alcool etilico.
Molto meno.
E questo non lo rende "alcolico".
-Stefano
credit: il demente in persona