This International Dateline episode includes three segments: Mordechai Vanunu - For Whom the Bell Tolls, Willie Smits - Endangered Species, and Paul McGeough Interview.
Mordechai Vanunu - For Whom the Bells Tolls
Mordechai Vanunu would have to be one of the most intriguing characters on the international scene. 50-year-old Vanunu is the Israeli nuclear whistleblower released from prison 11 months ago after serving an 18-year sentence for revealing his country's atomic capabilities. Vanunu is said to have lifted the lid on the inner workings of Israel's nuclear plant at Dimona, in the Negev Desert - to the Israelis, espionage and treason. Last week he was indicted by the Israeli courts again, this time on 21 counts of violating the strict terms of his release by giving interviews to the foreign media without government authorisation. Vanunu converted to Christianity shortly before he was arrested back in '84 and, since his release, he's been living at St George's Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem. It was at St George's that International Dateline reporter Liz Tadic quite literally bumped into Vanunu, and this interview with a man branded a traitor to the Jewish state came out of that unexpected meeting.
Willie Smits - Endangered Species
This Dateline segment features Dr. Willie Smits, founder of The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), the world's largest primate conservation project. BOS' interests cover biodiversity issues (flora and fauna), forest rehabilitation, forest inventory and monitoring (through its company PT SarVision Indonesia), agroforestry (to improve local peoples' welfare and education), as well as working with orangutans and other protected wildlife.
Paul McGeough Interview
March 19, 2005 marked the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the US-led coalition. The debate about the real US motivation for the invasion of Iraq rages on. There is much talk of a so-called Arab spring -- code for the flowering of democracy and freedom in the region. In this episode, International Dateline interviews Paul McGeough, Australian author and journalist famous for his reporting on pre- and post-invasion Iraq.
About International Dateline
SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.
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