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BBC Correspondent Special:
Israel's Secret Weapons
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BBC threatened by Israeli govt. for showing its film: 'Israel's Secret Weapons',
about Israel's nuclear weapons and Mordechai Vanunu
In the last few days of June in a blatant move to suppress
the BBCs thoughtful and challenging film, 'Israel's Secret Weapon',
about Israel's weapons of mass destruction, shown on its World
Channel, Israel declared it was cutting off ties with the BBC.
Accusing the BBC of having anti-Israel policies bordering
on anti-Semitism, the Israeli authorities announced that their government offices
would cease to assist BBC producers and reporters, refusing interviews to the
British network; and that it would make it difficult for BBC employees to get
press cards and work visas in Israel, if the film continued to be shown.
We issued a press release deploring the attempts of the Israeli
Government to silence free democratic debate, by stopping the BBC from reshowing
its programme 'Israel's Secret Weapon' that covers the part Mordechai Vanunu played
in exposing their development, manufacture and stockpiling.
We accused Israel of trying once again to crush open debate,
as they did when they brutally kidnapped Vanunu in 1986 for telling the truth
about their secret arsenal of nuclear weapons, for which he was given an 18 year
sentence, 11 and a half of which was spent in solitary confinement.
We added our congratulations to the BBC for its defence of
open debate and for its stand against efforts to censor its revealing programme
made by the BBC2 Correspondent team. We also called on other groups and bodies
to support the BBC and for them to consider showing the film as widely as possible.
Links to further stories related to the controversy over the documentary:
Sharon shuns BBC over documentary
Chris McGreal in Jerusalem / Friday July 11, 2003 / The Guardian
Ariel Sharon has barred the BBC from his meeting with the British press during a visit to London next week amid accusations that the corporation made false allegations against Israel in a report on weapons of mass destruction.
Link to Guardian article
Israel cuts links with BBC
Jason Deans and agencies / Tuesday July 1, 2003 / The Guardian
The Israeli government has accused the BBC of competing with the "worst of Nazi propaganda" and severed ties with the corporation over a documentary broadcast internationally over the weekend.
Link to Guardian article
VANUNU WAS FREED ON 21ST APRIL 2004
YET STILL REMAINS HELD IN ISRAEL AGAINST HIS WILL
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