Ben Zygier

Ben Zygier, also known as Ben Alon, was an Australian citizen who reportedly hanged himself while secretly held in a high security prison in Israel in late 2010. According to Australian broadcaster ABC, Zygier had previously been recruited by Mossad.

Australian journalist Jason Koutsoukis confronted Zygier over allegations that he was working for Mossad in early 2010, after learning that ASIO was investigating three dual Israeli-Australian citizens who had emigrated to Israel, each of whom had returned to Australia on multiple occasions to obtain new passports, using new Anglo-Australian names.

External resources

• Jason Koutsoukis and Jonathan Pearlman, ASIO in fresh Israel spy probe, 27 February 2010.
• Dimi Rieder, Prisoner X: A false-flag agent?, +972, 13 February 2013.
• Yossi Melman, Exclusive: Australian-Israeli Mossad Man, Few Days before Suicide, Seemed ‘A Nice Guy,’ No Special Stress – Considered a Plea Bargain, Spies Against Armageddon, 13 February 2013.
• Ruth Pollard, Ben Zygier: ASIO suspect who died in Israeli jail, The Age, 14 February 2013.
• Amir Oren, A liar or a blabbermouth? Ben Zygier was not suited to work for the Mossad, Haaretz, 15 February 2013.
• David Wroe, Zygier in limbo as DFAT in dark, The Age, 16 February 2013.
• Zygier ‘did not commit treason,’ was arrested because he ‘might’ have leaked info, Times of Israel, 17 February 2013.
• Ulrike Puz, How the Mossad Works: The Mystery of Israel's 'Prisoner X', SpiegelOnline, 19 February 2013.