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Topic: Ayalon Prison

March 5, 2013
12:46 am

Ben Zygier (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Zygier meant well but messed up, prison source tells Channel 2

TV report portrays Australian-born Mossad spy as a complex, sensitive man who made a mistake, and describes how he deteriorated in isolation, ultimately killing himself

By Michal Shmulovich

February 21, 2013
9:24 am

The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel, Thursday, February 14 (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

‘Zygier hung dead for an hour before jailers found him’

Prison guards reportedly fell asleep at the monitors and didn’t notice their charge had committed suicide

February 21, 2013
1:21 am

Ben Zygier's Australian passport (photo credit: screen capture Channel 10)

Zygier case raises concerns of dual loyalty for Aussies

Prisoner X prompts some to ask whether Jews are loyal to Israel at the expense of their home country

By Dan Goldberg

February 20, 2013
6:45 am

Prison staff may pay the price for Zygier suicide

Two officers and two guards could face criminal charges for negligence following release of investigation report

By Ron Friedman

February 19, 2013
10:39 pm

Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)

Israel denies Zygier talked to Australian spy agencies

Analyst says PMO announcement doesn’t rule out possibility that deceased Mossad agent leaked information to other sources

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 19, 2013
4:33 pm

A screenshot from the Australian television program on Zygier. (Screenshot: ABC news via YouTube)

‘Zygier hanged himself from a wet sheet in the shower’

Court releases part of investigation into Mossad agent’s death, concludes that it was suicide, but allows for legal possibility of other cause

By Asher Zeiger

February 19, 2013
3:11 pm

Court okays partial release of Zygier suicide report

Announcement comes on heels of revelation about how jailed Mossad agent hanged himself in prison

By Gabe Fisher

February 16, 2013
11:36 pm

Justice Ministry mulls releasing ‘Prisoner X’ dossier

After gag order was partially lifted on Wednesday, details of Zygier’s death in prison may be released in full

By Yifa Yaakov

February 16, 2013
9:45 pm

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Ya’alon: Israel’s ‘unique’ situation made ‘Prisoner X’ incarceration necessary

Vice premier says ‘extreme measures’ not only justified in Zygier case, but constitute ‘pikuach nefesh’ — the Jewish imperative to save lives

By Yifa Yaakov

February 15, 2013
8:38 pm

Ben Zygier at his wedding (photo credit: screen capture Channel 10)

Israel denies it agreed to pay Zygier’s family millions

Senior Israeli source tells Australian paper that Canberra government was deeply familiar with Mossad agent’s activity

By Ron Friedman and Michal Shmulovich

February 15, 2013
10:15 am

Israel reportedly to pay Zygier’s family millions

Compensation deal said struck 6 weeks ago, after investigation concluded Australian-born agent committed suicide in jail; ex-Mossad official says there may be other Prisoner X’s

By Ron Friedman and Michal Shmulovich

February 15, 2013
1:32 am

An ambulance exits the Ayalon Prison in Ramle (photo credit: Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Zygier was granted all his rights, and was no ‘Prisoner X,’ says legal official

Justice Ministry source says negligence charges may be filed against those who failed to prevent Mossad spy’s suicide in jail

By Ron Friedman

February 14, 2013
9:35 pm

CCTV footage released by the Dubai police regarding the reported Mabhouh assassination. (Screenshot via YouTube)

Israeli TV: Zygier had nothing to do with Mabhouh affair

Dubai police chief says Emirates did not turn reported Mossad spy; Melbourne-born agent was arrested a few days after he denied to an Australian reporter that he was spying for Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion and Times of Israel staff

February 14, 2013
1:29 am

Zygier ‘ran Mossad front company selling electronics to Iran’

Alleged Australian-Israeli agent, who reportedly killed himself in jail here in 2010, said to have been held in solitary on suspicion of treason

By Greg Tepper and Ilan Ben Zion

February 13, 2013
11:02 pm

Hagai Amir, the brother of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, Yigal Amir, leaves Ayalon Prison a free man on May 4, 2012 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger /Flash 90)

‘Rabin’s killer previous occupant of Prisoner X’s cell’

Yigal Amir’s brother says facility was designed to drive inmate to suicide

By Greg Tepper

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