A Norwegian anti-nuclear group said it submitted a petition with 1 million signatures to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding the release of Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu. Vanunu, 43, a former nuclear technician at the Dimona nuclear plant in southern Israel, has served 12 years of an 18-year sentence for disclosing Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities to The Times of London.
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