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Then-MK Gonen Segev seen outside the Knesset on March 15, 1993. (Flash90)
June 19, 2018, 4:15 pm
Minister, doctor, smuggler, spy: 9 things to know for June 19
The Shin Bet reveals it captured a former lawmaker spying for Iran, but despite his past and lack of current access to secrets, nobody is ready to dismiss it as numbskullduggery
By Joshua Davidovich
Nathan Englander (Joshua Meier)
October 27, 2017, 3:05 am
With thriller, Nathan Englander spies heartbreaking circle in Mideast conflict
An allegory for region’s struggles, new novel ‘Dinner at the Center of the Earth’ reflects author’s sadness at cycles of violence following collapse of 1990s peace process
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Former ambassador to Australia, Yuval Rotem, right, seen with former British prime minister Tony Blair. Rotem was appointed to be acting director-general of the Foreign Minister, October 13, 2016. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
October 13, 2016, 9:15 pm
Career diplomat tapped as stand-in as Foreign Ministry head quits
Yuval Rotem, former ambassador to Australia, to take over after Dore Gold walks out
By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)
March 17, 2014, 6:08 pm
Netanyahu set to visit Australia in June
Incarceration and suicide of Australian-Israeli Mossad spy ‘Prisoner X’ likely to come up in talks with pro-Israel PM
By Yifa Yaakov
Men shout slogans during mourning for protesters killed in recent clashes, in central Kiev, Ukraine on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Darko Bandic)
February 23, 2014, 12:18 pm
All eyes on Ukraine
The papers focus on the revolution and start guessing how Russia will react
By Yossi Nachemi
Ben Zygier (photo credit: Screenshot ABC TV via YouTube)
February 23, 2014, 6:43 am
New book claims ‘Prisoner X’ leaked secrets to Iranian
Australian journalist claims Ben Zygier was jailed for spilling details of sensitive operation to businessman at Australian university, not for exposing Lebanese assets
By TOI staff
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with FM Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem, January 13, 2014 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir)
January 15, 2014, 8:00 pm
Australia FM: Don’t call settlements illegal under international law
In candid interview, Julie Bishop expresses skepticism about the peace process, says boycott Israel activists are ‘anti-Semitic’
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative image of inmates it the Tsalmon prison in the Lower Galilee, July 01, 2013 (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 16, 2013, 9:26 pm
Detainee found dead in jail cell
Inmate at Tsalmon prison apparently committed suicide
By Adiv Sterman and Lazar Berman
An illustrative photo of Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon visiting the governmental department of telecom and cyber systems in June 2013 (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)
July 12, 2013, 11:27 am
Reduce, refuse, release
Three IDF-related stories dominate Friday’s Hebrew papers
By Yossi Nachemi
Border Police stand in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim after a mob attacked an IDF soldier and police officers on Tuesday night (photo credit: Flash90)
July 10, 2013, 12:02 pm
Democracy in danger
Another Prisoner X worries commentators, an ultra-Orthodox mob worries the police, and NGOs worry lawmakers (again)
By Yossi Nachemi
The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 10, 2013, 11:50 am
Second ‘Prisoner X’ held for ‘far more serious crime’
Officials dismiss concerns over policy that cloaks the existence of high-profile inmates held for national security offenses
By Gavriel Fiske
The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 9, 2013, 2:19 pm
All my Xs live in Ayalon Prison
The labor pains of an Egyptian civil war dominate coverage, but Yedioth has the scoop on another secret inmate
By Joshua Davidovich
Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)
July 3, 2013, 7:36 pm
Mossad agent Zygier’s family said seeking $1.5 million
Australian spy’s next of kin demanding compensation, saying authorities knew he intended to take his own life
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (photo credit: CC BY Australian Civil-Military Centre, Flickr)
June 27, 2013, 11:02 am
Rudd returning as head of Australian ruling party
Replaces Gillard, a ‘staunch supporter’ of Israel
Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
June 18, 2013, 12:30 am
Liberman seeks polygraph tests to root out Prisoner X leaker
Yisrael Beytenu head believes subcommittee member divulged classified material surrounding suicide of Mossad agent Ben Zygier
By TOI staff
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