---
category: Private Organization
location: London, UK
start: 1821
summary: The Sunday Times is a British newspaper that struck a deal with Mordecai
  Vanunu's contact Oscar Guerrero to publish Vanunu's account and photographs of Israel's
  Dimona nuclear facility in exchange for a £250,000 advance.
tags:
- Organization
- Media
- UK
---

*The [The Sunday Times](/organizations/the-sunday-times/)* is a British newspaper. It struck a deal with [Oscar Guerrero](/people/oscar-guerrero/) to publish [Mordecai Vanunu's](/people/mordecai-vanunu/) story and photographs of [Israel's](/places/israel/) nuclear facility. The arrangement included a £250,000 advance for [Vanunu](/people/mordecai-vanunu/) on a book about [Israel's](/places/israel/) nuclear capability, with [Guerrero](/people/oscar-guerrero/) receiving a 10% cut.[^1]

[Vanunu](/people/mordecai-vanunu/) flew to [London](/places/london/) and was put up in various hotels while giving interviews to *The [The Sunday Times](/organizations/the-sunday-times/)*. [Israeli](/places/israel/) intelligence, aware of the impending publication, attempted to discredit [Vanunu](/people/mordecai-vanunu/) and later kidnapped him from [Rome](/places/rome/). *The [The Sunday Times](/organizations/the-sunday-times/)* published the story and photos on October 5, 1986, after [Vanunu](/people/mordecai-vanunu/) failed to return from his trip to [Rome](/places/rome/).[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.