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Topic: Mossad

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February 19, 2013
3:11 pm

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

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 19, 2013
9:24 am

Former Mossad official and government minister Rafi Eitan (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

‘Sharon was about to leave two-thirds of the West Bank’

Prime minister was drafting plan for a unilateral pullout when he fell ill, says his former adviser Rafi Eitan, and Netanyahu should tell Obama he’s ready for similar ‘mosaic separation’

By Elhanan Miller

February 19, 2013
9:00 am

Tombstone of Ben Zygier at Chevra Kadisha Jewish Cemetery in Melbourne, Australia (photo credit: AP/Andrew Brownbill)

Breaking silence, Zygier’s relatives urge Israel to ‘tell us what happened’

Family member of jailed Mossad agent Ben Zygier tells Yedioth Ahronoth parents and brother support probe into suicide

By Gabe Fisher

February 19, 2013
4:56 am

Ben Zygier (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

‘Zygier hanged himself with bed sheet in bathroom’

Jailed spy was not on suicide watch, Maariv report claims; former Australian FM says agent’s offense was likely more serious than passing info to Aussie spooks

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 19, 2013
2:52 am

Ahmad Tibi addresses the Knesset on May 21, 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

MKs who broke spy gag order unlikely to face investigation

Legal adviser says Ahmad Tibi, Zahava Gal-on and Dov Hanin could be probed for leaking secrets but probably won’t be

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 18, 2013
10:34 am

Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)

Zygier revealed Mossad secrets to Australians — report

ABC TV says ‘Prisoner X’ was jailed after talking to ASIO intel agency about Israel’s spy methods and major upcoming operation

By Joshua Davidovich

February 17, 2013
10:16 pm

Ben Zygier in IDF uniform (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Knesset committee to launch probe into ‘Prisoner X’ affair

Security official tells Israeli TV that Ben Zygier was offered plea bargain, but took his own life ‘out of shame’

By Adiv Sterman and Times of Israel staff

February 17, 2013
9:00 am

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr speaks during a news conference at the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, in Perth, Australia. (photo credit: AP/Matt Rourke)

Canberra seeks answers from Israel on Zygier affair

Foreign Minister Bob Carr asks Jerusalem to aid in investigation into arrest and death of Australian national

February 17, 2013
3:44 am

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd (photo credit: CC BY Australian Civil-Military Centre, Flickr)

Former Aussie PM: Get to the bottom of Zygier case

From the Web The Australian: Canberra must be ‘robust’ with Israel in its investigation of the ‘Prisoner X’ affair

February 17, 2013
1:36 am

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

Zygier ‘did not commit treason,’ was arrested because he ‘might’ have leaked info

Mossad man was not a senior agent and did not do anything ‘iniquitous,’ writes leading Israeli security analyst, blaming Australian intelligence for putting media on his trail

By Times of Israel staff

February 16, 2013
6:42 am

Photo analysis casts doubt on Zygier’s ‘hit squad’ link

From the web Ynet: Forensic report finds no correlation between features of reported Mossad agent and suspect in the 2010 killing of a Hamas weapons dealer in Dubai

February 15, 2013
10:03 pm

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

The two glaring questions at the heart of the Zygier affair

What was the alleged crime that justified the Mossad agent’s arrest and incarceration in solitary confinement, and how did he manage to kill himself in Israel’s most secure jail cell?

By Mitch Ginsburg

February 15, 2013
8:38 pm

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
2:08 pm

A man reading a news report about the reported Mabhouh assassination in 2010. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Prisoner why

The Ben Zygier spy case continues to fascinate the press, with questions abounding of why he went to jail and whether it needed to be kept a secret