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Written by SARA
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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Tuesday 2
September, 8 pm
Filmscreening: Who is
Mordechai Vanunu by Nissim Mossek
Mordechai Vanunu worked at
Dimona Nuclear Power Plant in Israel from 1976 to 1985 as a technician and
learned about Israel's secret production of plutonium for nuclear weapons. In
1985 Vanunu believed it was his responsibility to inform the citizens of Israel
as well as the rest of the world that nuclear weapons were being built and
stored in Israel.
On October 5, 1986, the
London Sunday Times newspaper announced, "Revealed: The Secrets of Israel's
Nuclear Arsenal." The startling story, based on interviews with Vanunu and the
60 photographs he provided showing Israeli plutonium spheres used for triggers
in nuclear warheads, revealed that Israel was fast developing nuclear
weapons.
Vanunu never saw the
newspaper because five days prior to the release of the story he was lured to
Rome and kidnapped there by Israeli secret agents.
After eighteen-years in
prison, eleven of which were in solitary confinement, on April 21, 2004,
Mordechai was released. The film told his story in a multi-faceted drama that
attempts to penetrate the persona of one of the most vilified people in Israeli
history. It describes Vanunu's life story, beginning with his immigration from
Morocco and his childhood in the impoverished "Neighborhood D", of Beer Sheva,
and continuing through to his recent release from prison.
The AIC is a joint Plaestinian-Israeli activist organization
engaged in dissemination of information, political advocacy and grassroots
activism.
The AICafe is a political and cultural café open on Tuesday and
Saturday night from 7pm untill 11pm. It is located in the Alternative
Information Center in Beit Sahour, close to Suq a Shaab square (follow the sign
to Jadal Center) We have a small library with novels, political books and
magazines. We also have a number of Films in DVD copies and the AIC publications
which are aimed to critically analyze both the Palestinian and Israeli sociaties
as well as the conflict itself.
Phone number; 02
2775444
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AICafe's Web Page 
