In a defiant address outside prison, the nuclear whistleblower said his treatment inside, which included 12 years in solitary confinement, had been "cruel and barbaric" but insisted that the security services "did not break me".
He said that he wished Israel no harm and that he had "no more secrets" to tell. He planned, he said, to move to the US to get married and study and teach history.
"I am now ready to start my life," he said.
But he also called for Israel's nuclear reactor to be inspected and railed against the "secret cooperation" between Israel and western countries such as the US, Britain, Germany and Canada.
Flashing victory signs, Mr Vanunu walked into the courtyard of the Shikma prison in Ashkelon to be met by loud cheers from around 200 supporters, while a smaller group of counter-demonstrators booed.
Surrounded by dozens of journalists and flanked by two of his brothers, he held an impromptu press conference, but refused to answer questions in Hebrew because of the suffering he said he sustained at the hands of the state of Israel.
"I am proud and happy to do what I did," Mr Vanunu said."
Clearly the time in prison did drive him bonkers (if he wasn't already) since "In the short term, Mr Vanunu, who converted to Christianity in the 1980s, said he planned to go to church".
Not what I'd be doing after 18 years in jail Maru
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