Israel is poised to expel a senior BBC journalist it accuses of criminal defiance of censorship laws over an interview with the nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu.

Simon Wilson, deputy chief of the BBC’s Jerusalem bureau, has been unable to return to Israel since the beginning of the year, when his work permit expired.

The government says no new visa will be issued until Wilson agrees to sign a letter acknowledging that he deliberately defied Israeli law, apologising and promising that it will not happen again.
Full Article: guardian.co.uk

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