Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s image takes another hit with the ‘Prisoner X’ scandal

The case of Australian and Israeli citizen Ben Zygier and his alleged suicide in an Israeli jail in December 2010 provides an instructive window into the secretive relationship between Canberra and Tel Aviv as well as the dynamics between the Zionist state and friendly Western nations. The death of the former IDF soldier and Mossad agent has triggered a global media storm after last week’s ABC TV’s  Foreign Correspondent story revealed the identity of Prisoner X.
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