Prisoner X2

"Prisoner X2" (in Hebrew: "האסיר איקס 2" or "X2 האסיר") is a placeholder name of a Mossad agent (described as an "important operative") who, as of 2014, reportedly has been secretly imprisoned in Israel for about a decade, after he was convicted of treason (spying for a foreign power).

Reports about Prisoner X2

First details about a "second Prisoner X" being secretly held in Ayalon Prison emerged in 2013, following the exposure of the death of Ben Zygier. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who chaired the Knesset Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs, told Knesset members the case was "extremely serious" but that the prisoner's rights were being upheld. Prominent Israeli lawyer Avigdor Feldman described this case as "a terrible security breach", and "much more grave, sensational, amazing and riveting from Zygier's case." The case was kept under wraps in Israel, and reports about it were deleted from Israeli news sites.

References

External links
 Lieberman reveals: The second X prisoner is involved in an "extremely grave case" (in Hebrew), Nrg, July 10, 2013
 Sources in Prison Service tell Haaretz: The second X prisoner is being held in total isolation for years (in Hebrew), Haaretz, July 10, 2013
 What We Know — and Don't Know — About Israel's Prisoner X2, The Forward, July 14, 2013
 Israel's 'Prisoner X2' case raises concerns, Deutsche Welle, July 18, 2013

Category:People of the Mossad
Category:People convicted of treason against Israel
Category:Incarcerated spies
Category:Double agents
Category:People convicted of spying
Category:Post–Cold War spies
Category:Israeli prisoners and detainees
Category:Censorship in Israel
Category:Iranian spies
Category:Iran–Israel relations
Category:Unidentified people