Let me tell you a story about honorable and dishonorable activities. In the early 80's, Mordechai Vanunu was working in Israel's top secret Dimona nuclear weapons factory, as well as at the Nes Nion chemical and biological weapons plants. I should point out that none of these plants are, or ever have been, open to international inspections of any kind, even though conservative estimates put Israel at the 6th largest nuclear power, with regional land and air superiority that has nearly double the firepower of US forces.
In any case, Vanunu began having ethical concerns and left, but not before taking numerous photos of the plants to show the world what was happening. He fled Israel, through Asia and then to Australia. He then risked his life by revealing the existence of the program (until that point, there was no public knowledge that Israel had such advanced weapons of mass destruction) to the London Sunday Times. He called on all citizens to do the same, saying, “Rise and cry out… You are the secret agent of the people. You are the eyes of the nation.”
Shortly thereafter he met a beautiful and enticing woman, who invited him on a trip to Rome. Unfortunately this woman was actually a Mossad agent sent to capture him, and he soon found himself drugged, bound, dumped into an Israeli cargo vessel. When his kidnappers got him to Israel he was charged with espionage and sentenced to 18 years in prison at a closed-door trial. This happened almost exactly sixteen years ago (his parole was due three years ago, which has been ignored), and he has spent nearly all of this time in solitary confinement. He spoke out for the benefit of all humanity, and the international community is allowing him to die for it.
He's spent nearly a quarter of his entire life in solitary confinement, in a tiny cell, while Israel ignores the cries of dozens of international organizations like Amnesty International. I should point out that Israel's capture and incarceration of Vanunu was absolutely in violation of international law (if that's not obvious). In addition, even though the US passed the Symington Accord, which forbids it from giving assistance to countries who develop nuclear weapons outside of international control and agreement, it continues to give $3 billion a year to Israel (which is currently threatening its neighbors with nuclear attacks).
Not that it matters, considering that the world's powers have made it very clear, over and over and over, that Israel is absolutely above the law…
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