"X" Marked the Question

     On the December of 2010, a man hanged himself in the upmost secure sector of the Ayalon Prison in Israel. His death was first published on the Israeli Newspaper but immediately got taken off within a minute. As soon as the foreign media picked up the story, international news, conspiracy theorists, and investigators took interest and investigate the stories about this man while the Israeli government tried to suppress the leaks regarding this prisoner, who was well known for the name of “Prisoner X”.

     So who is this “Prisoner X”? Drum roll please… Prisoner X was an Israeli spy. Prisoner X, whose real name is Ben Zygier, was born in Melbrone, Australia where a small Jewish community resides in the city. Years later, Zygier moved to Israel from Australia. There he had been recruited by Mossad to seek out Jews and bring them back to Israel. Worked under Mossad, an Israeli version of CIA, Ben Zygier in the past had done assassinations, cover-ups, and even nuclear sabotage around the world, traveling with multiple fake passports allowing him to travel freely. There are reports from Australia Security Intelligence Organization that Zygier tried to recruit Middle Eastern students in Monash University of Australia, where the country’s intelligent suspected him along with two other Australian Jews who are labeled as “Paul Y.” and “David Z.”

     Before Zygier committed suicide, he was known to be imprisoned in Ayalon Prison’s Unit 15, the most secure and secluded confinement unit in the prison. In fact, Zygier’s cell was so isolated that not even the Jailer knows his identity, only referred him as “Prisoner X”. Until during the summer after Zygier’s death, an Israeli newspaper published a story about “Prisoner X”, which got removed the next minute it was published. Afterward, the matters regarding Prisoner X are now restricted by the Israeli military censorship.

     However the mystery still lies in Zygier’s crime. What crime was he been accused for? Many experts said Zygier may have been a double agent of Australian intelligence that leaks Israeli confidential information to the country. While other said Zygier had turned by the Australian government as mercenary to obtain Iranian nuclear information during his mission ordered by Mossad, which there are evidences show that Zygier had constantly travel to Iran within year basis, making him very unusual.

     Unfortunately, the secrets have to be buried with Zygier as his family quietly gave him a proper burial in a Jewish cemetery in Melbourne. The most questionable thing is the family in Australia did not turn to the Australian government for help when they were notified of Zygier’s secluded imprisonment. Why? In a bigger picture, what role did Ben Zygier play between the Australian- Israeli relation? Are there stories behind Zygier's crime?To unravel the enigmas, we must have to continue to dig into the puzzling past of Prisoner X.