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disowned him, has already
been attacked in the Beer-
sheba marketplace where un-
til recently he sold religious
items. The family is now in
hiding. -
Ironically, while the Israeli
press and diplomatic corps
have unanimously denounced
Vanunu as a traitor who
needed to be brought to
justice, they acknowledge
that Israel's official silence
shifted the onus from Vanunu
to the Israeli government.
Journalists who could prove
that Israel acted legally by
arresting Vanunu in interna-
tional waters were warned by
censors and officials not to
release any information on
the affair.
So strictly were censorship
rules enforced on this scandal
that four reporters who had
independently confirmed that
Israel had acted legally, were
obliged to hold their stories
until the Sunday Times
released like information in
London. Israeli security of-
ficials understood that the
Sunday Times knew all along
that Vanunu was not ab-
ducted in a crate but rather
lured legally, albeit deceptive-
ly, across the English Channel
by a femme fatale. The Sun-
day Times elected to embargo
the information until its most
recent edition. But in the
meantime, Israel's silence per-
mitted every imaginable spec-
ulation to be aired.
As for Mordechai Vanunu,
sources in Israel confirm that
the decision is not yet final,
but when the indictment is
ultimately handed down it wil
be for aggravated espionage,
not treason. The difference
for Vanunu is life and death.
Aggravated espionage carries
a 15 to 30 year penalty with
no change for parole. Treason
can be a capital offense — but
no one is sure. "It depends,"
says Zichroni. "In time of war,
the penalty for treason is
death. it is always a question
whether they will declare this
a time of war or not."
Another legal source denied
Vanunu could be tried on
capital treason, saying "we
must be in a 'hot' war, not a
technical state of war." But
Dr. Kremnitzer disagrees.
"No, the question is open. If
the prosecutor wants to be
harsh, he can indeed prose-
cute for capital treason. He
can always say Vanunu
planned the affair while we
were in Lebanon:'
In any case, it is unlikely
that Mordechai Vanunu will
be heard from again in a very
long time. But the echoes of
the official handling of his
case may reverberate for
some time to come.
Some Arab Moderates
Face Shortened Lives
.
Over the years, it has become almost
axiomatic that any Arab who
negotiated with the Jews was doomed
to death.
•:OiltotSoda. •
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aifa — One of the most
significant statements
made in connection
with Shimon Peres' visit to
Morocco received almost no
attention from press or com-
mentators. It was an observa-
tion by King Hassan to the
effect that the purpose of the
meeting was to clarify issues,
but definitely not to negoti-
ate. The king made it clear
that he had no authority to
negotiate with Israel.
With that sentence the
king took out an insurance
policy on his life, for through
the long years of Arab-Jewish
relations in the Middle East,
whoever negotiated with the
Jews was doomed to death.
The long and bloody list
begins with Jordan's King
Abdullah, assassinated in
1951 because he held talks
with Israel's rulers — and
continues with Dr. Issam Sar-
tawi, killed by Arab extrem-
ists in Portugal in 1983
because he was considered to
be going too far toward rap-
prochement with Israel.
More recently there were
Abed el-Hamid Kishtah,
mayor of Rafiah, killed on
Sept. 4, 1984 and Dr. Ismael
Hativ, head of the Faculty of
Islamic Studies at Gaza
University, both considered
collaborators with the
Israelis. Even more recently,
Zaafer al-Masri, mayor of
Nablus, was murdered by
Arab terrorists on March 2.
The full list, which also in-
cludes the name of Anwar
Sadat, would cover many
pages.
There has been much talk
about the wishes and loyal-
ties of Arabs who live in the
Israel-administered territor-
ies. No one really knows what
they think. They have been
terrorized into silence or as-
sent. The shopkeepers, busi-
nessmen, teachers, village
muktars or humble workers
who at any time dared voice
an optimistic hope for peace-
ful coexistence with Israel,
long since have paid for that