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Israel Bans Journalist Who Broke Vanunu Story

HeadlineJun 22, 2004

The Israeli government has banned a journalist from the Sunday Times of London from entering the country. The journalist, Peter Hounam, exposed the story of Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu in 1986. He is now working on a documentary about Vanunu who revealed that Israel had a secret nuclear weapons program. Vanunu was released last month after 18 years in jail.

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