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Fast Forward Israel Informed Australia When Prisoner X Was Arrested
Israeli intelligence services notified Australian officials of Ben Zygier’s arrest immediately after he was detained, an Australian news agency reported. Australia’s Fairfax Media quoted a “well-placed source familiar with the case” as saying Israeli intelligence had told Australian officials about the 2010 arrest of Zygier, a dual Australian-Israeli citizen dubbed Prisoner X who committed suicide…
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Fast Forward Australian Chabad Rabbi Told Abuser To Keep Quiet: Report
A man under investigation for allegedly sexually abusing boys at a Sydney Jewish day school told police that senior rabbis knew of his actions but failed to report them to authorities, a newspaper reported. The Sydney Morning Herald reported Wednesday that the man told New South Wales police, who are investigating allegations that two men…
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Fast Forward Gay Principal Settles With Australian Jewish Day School Over Firing
The fired principal of a major Jewish school in Melbourne reached an out-of-court settlement on the eve of his unfair dismissal case in the Federal Court. Joseph Gerassi, who is gay, sued Bialik College for millions of dollars in damages to his reputation and for lost income after he was abruptly dumped by the board…
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Fast Forward Australian Jews Hope Israeli Probe Ends ‘Rumors’ of Mossad Spy Prisoner X
Australian Jewry’s highest body broke its silence on the mysterious death of Ben Zygier, a dual Australian-Israel national who apparently committed suicide in a maximum-security Israeli prison in 2010. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry issued a statement Tuesday welcoming the announcements by the Australian and Israeli governments of further inquiries into Zygier’s death, one…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Prisoner X Suspected of Passing Mossad Spy Secrets to Australia
A suspected Mossad agent who died in an Israeli jail in 2010 was arrested by his spymasters who believed he may have told Australian intelligence about his work with the Israeli spy agency, Australian media reported on Monday. The Australian Broadcasting Corp said dual Australian-Israeli citizen Ben Zygier, 34, had met officers from Australia’s domestic…
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Fast Forward Israel Parliament Plans Prisoner X Probe, Shrugging Off Netanyahu Plea for Quiet
Israeli lawmakers announced plans on Sunday to investigate the 2010 jailhouse death of a reported Australian immigrant recruit to the Mossad spy agency. The statement by Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee followed calls by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting to dim a growing media spotlight on the affair he saw as…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Pleads for Mossad ‘Quiet’ Amid Israeli Prisoner X Scandal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed on Sunday for the public spotlight on Israel’s Mossad spy agency to be turned off after news of the jailhouse suicide of a reported Australian recruit. The affair was kept under wraps for two years until it emerged last week with an Australian television expose that identified the dead man…
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Fast Forward Was Prisoner X Part of Botched Israeli Assassination of Hamas Man in Dubai?
The suspected Israeli double agent dubbed Prisoner X is not the same man as a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai , a forensic report commissioned by Reuters has determined. Israel has released few details on the case of Melbourne-born Ben Zygier, reported to have been a Mossad recruit found dead…
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