Nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu called Israel’s main reactor a toxic hazard. “A strong earthquake in our region would cause cracks in the Dimona reactor and lead to a radioactive leak that would threaten the lives of millions in the Middle East,” Vanunu said in an Al-Hayyat interview published Sunday. He also suggested to the London-based Arabic newspaper that Israel was behind the Kennedy assassination:
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