Vanunu arrested at West Bank roadblock

Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was arrested by Israeli police today after visiting the West Bank, Jerusalem police said.

The former technician at Israel’s main nuclear reactor last year completed an 18-year prison sentence for revealing Israel’s nuclear capability to a British newspaper in 1986. Based on Vanunu’s evidence, including photos, experts said at the time Israel had the world’s sixth largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.