How does a ‘Prisoner X’ go from being an idealistic Zionist Jew to ending his life by suicide in Block 15 at Ayalon Prison?
Two words immediately come to mind in connection with the Ben Zygier-Alon-Allen affair: Tragedy and negligence.
Ben Zygier at his wedding, captured from an image broadcast by ABC News. Photo: ABC Screenshot
Why tragedy? Because at the end of the day, we’re talking about a young, idealistic Australian Zionist Jew who left a comfortable life in a quiet Melbourne suburb and made aliya at the age of 19, joined the IDF, and then later the Mossad.

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Ma’an quoted a statement released by Hamas’ Change and Reform parliamentary list as saying the that the Bulgarian move was at least in part prompted by Israeli, US and British pressure.On
Back in December, the political science department at Brooklyn College, a public institution partially supported by taxpayers’ dollars, formally voted to sign on to a talk that took place on February 7th. A student group had scheduled an address by University of California professor Judith Butler and graduate student Omar Barghouti to propagandize on behalf of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. 




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