Hey Habib, do you notice that whenever somebody criticizes Israel they
brand you an anti Semite; they have very thin skin. Now I understand the
world Jewish congress have website in which they list university professors
who are critical of Israel. If I remember my history, Hitler did that
because he regarded intellectuals a treat to his "mincom".
Daddy Sang
> [Original Message]
> From: Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 10/4/2002 4:16:24 PM
> Subject: another reminder of a mass weapons country - GW
convenientlyforgot
>
> 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.
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