Wednesday, May 25, the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court threw out part of the indictment against Mordechai Vanunu and gave the state a month to submit an amended version.

 

Among other things, Judge Yoel Tsur ruled that an order preventing someone from leaving Israel does not preclude travel to the West Bank or Gaza, and the state therefore could not accuse Vanunu of having traveled to the territories in violation of this order. He thereby accepted the defense's argument that since no passport or visa is needed to enter the territories, they cannot be considered "outside Israel."
  
Tsur also demanded a number of corrections to the indictment. For instance, he noted, the state accused Vanunu of meeting with representatives of various foreign media outlets without naming the people whom he allegedly met. The indictment, the judge ruled, must name names, and the prosecution "will then have to prove that these are foreign citizens or residents."