Top 24 Mordechai Vanunu Quotes
#1. I was allowed to meet my family every two weeks for a half hour.
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#2. From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British.
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#3. Second point is no one here could predict or know that Israel was involved or started producing the hydrogen bomb - the most advanced and powerful atomic bomb that can kill millions of people.
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#4. That was my way, and I also use the music after five years, I started hearing opera, opera, it was very good instrument to keep the spirit very strong because you feel like you are yourself singing opera, and I used to hear a lot of opera, they send me tapes.
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#5. Everyone knows that Israel has nuclear weapons, but no one is talking about it. The world doesn't want nuclear weapons - not in Israel, not in the Middle East and not anywhere in the world.
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#6. I have no interest in Israeli citizenship ... Israel does not want me, nor do I want Israel.
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#7. My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb.
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#8. And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb.
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#9. I am asking the state of Israel to revoke my citizenship. This wish for revocation of citizenship is neither new nor recent. Now, however, it is supported by the new Revocation of Citizenship Law.
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#10. I worked every day there, so I knew all the details. But I needed only some proof. So the proof was photos.
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#11. I also was producing, working on other materials for the hydrogen bomb. They call it lithium-6 and tritium. I was working on these and the only use for lithium-6 is the hydrogen bomb.
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#12. I couldn't sleep for two years, they tried to break my nerves. They used a lot of psychology to brainwash.
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#13. All I want to do is to go to America, get married and start a new life.
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#14. But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom.
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#15. We can just assume they have much more and powerful, more advanced technology, all the new computers, everything could be much more easier and help them to build much more and many more nuclear weapons.
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#16. But I am not allowed to speak to foreigners and I am not allowed to leave the country. So I'm not so happy.
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#18. If they will let me go, I would leave Israel immediately. I would like to see the world, to exercise my freedom.
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#19. I said the kidnapping is a crime. I have the right to speak about the crime done against me. They didn't like me to speak about this crime. So I decided to reveal it to the public.
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#20. The main points were: one, the amount of Israel's nuclear weapons, how many Israel had, that no one could predict or know, including the CIA. They were thinking about a number like 10 or 15. But I came out with a number between 150 to 200.
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#21. I have sacrificed my freedom and risked my life in order to expose the danger of nuclear weapons which threatens this whole region. I acted on behalf of all citizens and all of humanity.
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#22. I smuggled the camera, it was no problem to smuggle the camera there. And I took 60 photos, two films, during the time when there was no one in the control room, in the building.
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#23. So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel.
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#24. We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab countries. What has already been exposed about the weapons Israel is holding can destroy the region and kill millions.
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