Phone call and Email to Secretary of State Clinton RE: Israel, WMD, Mordechai Vanunu and Human Rights

Mordechai Vanunu dared to articulate a brighter vision for humanity.

Mordechai Vanunu photo by Eileen Fleming

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - On Monday morning around 9 AM, I left a message with the person answering the phone for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeking a statement regarding Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Mordechai Vanunu and Human Rights. I told her I was a columnist for Veterans Today, Salem-News, others and I have been following the saga of Mordechai Vanunu since 2005.

Five hours later Ms. Beth Gosselin returned my call and I filled her in-as I have two previous media representatives regarding the following-but this time I also mentioned I am a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Florida, and no doubt she had not yet encountered a candidate like me before.

Beth laughed and she also did a few times more before we hung up.

And as before, I won’t hold my breath that I will receive a reply as none ever came via Mr. Edgar Vasques, State Department Media Affairs Officer and Ms. Nicole Thompson, Press Relations Officer for Clinton.

Both were as gracious and patient as Ms. Gosselin, and Ms. Thompson even raised my hopes a few months ago when she told me “it is not impossible to receive an answer from the Secretary of State.”

Ms. Gosselin also laughed at that.

I emailed her the following:

Hi Elizabeth,

The judges will render opinion regarding Vanunu's appeal by August 13th:

In April 1999, thirty-six members of the House of Representatives signed a letter calling for Vanunu's release from prison because they believed we have a duty to stand up for men and women like Mordechai Vanunu who dare to articulate a brighter vision for humanity.

President Clinton responded with a public statement expressing concern for Vanunu and the need for Israel and other non-parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty to adhere to it and accept IAEA safeguards.

America is a Member State of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the establishment of Israel’s very statehood was contingent upon upholding it.

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Vanunu told me, "All the secrets I had were published in 1989 in an important book, by [Nuclear Physicist] Frank Barnaby, “The Invisible Bomb: Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East."

Barnaby testified, "I found Vanunu very straightforward about his motives for violating Israel's secrecy laws he explained to me that he believed that both the Israeli and the world public had the right to know about the information he passed on. He seemed to me to be acting ideologically.

"Israel's political leaders have, he said, consistently lied about Israel's nuclear-weapons programme and he found this unacceptable in a democracy. The knowledge that Vanunu had about Israel's nuclear weapons, about the operations at Dimona, and about security at Dimona could not be of any use to anyone today. He left Dimona in October 1985." [1]

It is way past time for Vanunu to be allowed the right to fly from Tel Aviv.

It is way past time for Americans to comprehend the depth of US and Israeli Nuclear Deceptions 1.

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Eileen Fleming is the Producer of "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" Founder of WeAreWideAwake.org, Eileen is a Feature Correspondent for Arabisto.com, Author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory" and the soon to be released "BEYOND NUCLEAR: Some of my Experiences of Mordechai Vanunu and the Holy Land: 2005-2010" youtube.com/user/eileenfleming. Eileen is a unique leader in her state and she intends to run for a Florida Congressional seat in the future, to help speed the process of change that is so demanded today. Like many who walk in similar steps, Eileen, like other writers at Salem-News.com, is an outspoken advocate for humanity and she has no tolerance for the oppressive forces of the world.

You can send Eileen Fleming an email at this address: ecumei@gmail.com

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eileen fleming August 10, 2011 6:36 am (Pacific time)

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Gosselin, Elizabeth, Secretary of State Clinton's Media Representative wrote:


Hi Eileen,
 

Finally got your e-mail, thanks.
 

With regards to your questions and/or a statement, as this is an ongoing legal matter, we are not going to comment on this particular case.  
 

Best,
 
Beth

 
 

With regards to the fact that there are 58 Member States that signed onto the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and with regards that the establishment of Israel’s very statehood was contingent upon upholding the UN UDHR, THAT is also an ongoing legal matter; and as a matter of conscience it is up to the people of the world to hold Leaders accountable and demand they honor it.

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