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JERUSALEM — Israel's top court has ordered nuclear whistleblower
Mordechai Vanunu back to jail for three months after he refused to do
community service in west Jerusalem for fear of harassment.

After
having already served 18 years behind bars, a Jerusalem court convicted
Vanunu and sentenced him to three months in jail or community service
for meeting with a foreigner in violation of the terms of his release.

Vanunu
asked the supreme court if he could perform the community service in
Arab east Jerusalem, saying he feared he would be "harassed by the
Israeli population" in the west of the city.

The supreme court
rejected the argument, saying suitable work had been found in mainly
Jewish west Jerusalem.

"The plaintiff refused and the court had no
choice but to sentence him to three months in jail, which he will serve
starting May 23," it said in a ruling issued on Tuesday.

Rights
group Amnesty International to urge Israel not to re-imprison Vanunu.

"If
Mordechai Vanunu is imprisoned again, Amnesty International will
declare him to be a prisoner of conscience and call for his immediate
and unconditional release," deputy director for the Middle East and
North Africa Philip Luther said in a statement.

"The ongoing
restrictions placed on Mordechai Vanunu have meant that h... >>>