re ten questions about israel in article arens apr grl isi edu arens isi edu yigal arens writes at issue was not a trial behind closed doors but arrest trial and imprisonment in complete secrecy this was appraently attempted in the case of vanunu and failed it has happened before and there is reason to believe it still goes on the lengthy article you quote doesn t imply this it only states that it is somehow possible not that it is in any way likely this is akin to an article saying that it is possible that the usaf has several captured ufos without supporting the liklihood of such an assertion read this from ma ariv february possibly publication ban by baruch me iri all those involved in this matter politely refused my request one way or another look the subject is too delicate if i comment on it i will be implicitly admitting that it is true if i mention a specific case even hint at it i might be guilty of making public something which may legally not be published in other words they were telling a pesky reporter to keep guessing israel maintains this same attitude about nuclear weapons it may or may not have the us maintains the same attitude about the presence of nuclear weapons on specific naval craft by refusing to acknowledge the existence of such weapons on specific ships us warships have i believe become unwelcome in new zealand which has declared itself a nuclear free zone the state of israel has never officially admitted that for many years there have been in its prisons israeli citizens who were sentenced to long prison terms without either the fact of their arrest or the crimes of which they were accused ever being made public more precisely a court ordered publication ban was placed on the fact of their arrest and later on their imprisonment the usaf has never officially admitted to having any ufos either in israel of citizens are imprisoned without us the citizens of this country knowing anything about it not knowing anything about the fact that one person or another were tried and thrown in prison for security offenses in complete secrecy this is stated as a fact without supporting evidence it would ve been more convincing if your reporter had come up with just one name of someone who is sitting in jail lost to the world as he suggests maybe elvis or jfk somebody let s put it this way if israel has put people away without publicizing their arrests or the legal proceedings against them how has their disappearance been explained people have relatives friends and colleagues you know israel is not known as a place where people are made to vanish would you care to give us a list of people whose whereabouts are unknown people who are presumed to be imprisoned this whole conspiracy story isn t something that we ve come to associate with yigal arens before perhaps from now on we should jake livni jake bony bony com ten years from now george bush will american occupied new york have replaced jimmy carter as the my opinions only employer has no opinions standard of a failed president
