# Prisoner X2
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{{Short description|Reported prisoner in Israel since about 2004}}
"'''Prisoner X2'''" ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew): {{lang|he|"האסיר איקס 2"}} or {{lang|he|"X2 האסיר"}}) is a [placeholder name](/source/placeholder_name) of a [Mossad](/source/Mossad) agent (described as an "important operative")[{{cite news|author=[Dan Raviv](/source/Dan_Raviv), [Yossi Melman](/source/Yossi_Melman)|title=At Least 2 Mossad Spies were Held in Israeli Prisons: One Committed Suicide, and Now Some Details on the Second Man – a World Exclusive|url=http://israelspy.com/at-least-2-mossad-spies-were-held-in-israeli-prisons-one-committed-suicide-and-now-some-details-on-the-second-man-a-world-exclusive|date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302002653/http://israelspy.com/at-least-2-mossad-spies-were-held-in-israeli-prisons-one-committed-suicide-and-now-some-details-on-the-second-man-a-world-exclusive|archive-date=2014-03-02}}] who has reportedly been secretly imprisoned in [Israel](/source/Israel) since about 2004, after he was convicted of [treason](/source/treason) (reportedly [spying](/source/spying) for [Iran](/source/Iran)).[{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-23187419|title=Israel 'secretly holds second Prisoner X' in jail|date=12 July 2013|work=BBC News}}] Israeli [lawyer](/source/lawyer) [Avigdor Feldman](/source/Avigdor_Feldman) described this case as "a terrible security breach", and "much more grave, sensational, amazing and riveting from Zygier's case."[{{cite news|title=Feldman: there is at least one more secret prisoner in Israel|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4402876,00.html|newspaper=Ynet|date=July 9, 2013}}][{{cite news|title=Israel secretly holds 'Prisoner X2' for security breach: lawyer|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-security-israel-detainee-idUSBRE9680KQ20130709|newspaper=Reuters|date=July 9, 2013}}] The case was kept secret in Israel, and reports about it were deleted from Israeli [news site](/source/news_site)s.[{{cite news|title=In 2014, ''Maariv'' reported that according to foreign reports, a Mossad operative is being held in an Israeli prison for about a decade for treason|url=https://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/84367.shtml|newspaper=Maariv|date=March 1, 2014|access-date=December 11, 2021|archive-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211140058/https://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/84367.shtml|url-status=dead}}][{{cite news|title=Secrets behind death of spy Ben Zygier revealed in new book, Prisoner X, by Rafael Epstein|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/secrets-behind-death-of-spy-ben-zygier-revealed-in-new-book-prisoner-x-by-rafael-epstein-20140221-337r4.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=February 22, 2014}}]
In May 2018, Richard Silverstein reported in [his blog, ''Tikun Olam''](/source/Tikun_Olam_(blog)), that Prisoner X2, still unidentified, had been released from custody. In his report, Silverstein cited the work of {{ill|Amir Oren|he|אמיר אורן}} with ''[Walla!](/source/Walla!)''.[Silverstein, Richard (May 7, 2018). [https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2018/05/07/israeli-dirty-ops-firm-black-cube-denies-claim-trump-hired-it-to-dig-up-dirt-on-obamas-iran-team-israel-releases-prisoner-x2-former-senior-mossad-official-secretly-imprisoned-for-betraying-israe/ Trump Operatives Hired Israeli Dirty Ops Firm, Black Cube, to Dig Dirt on Obama's Iran Team; Israel Releases Prisoner X2, Former Senior Mossad Official Secretly Imprisoned for Betraying Israel] (citing report by Amir Oren of [Walla!](/source/Walla!)). [Tikun Olam (blog)](/source/Tikun_Olam_(blog)). Viewed May 2, 2021.]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART2/489/123.html Lieberman reveals: The second X prisoner is involved in an "extremely grave case"] (in Hebrew), Nrg, July 10, 2013
* [https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/.premium-1.2068610 Sources in Prison Service tell Haaretz: The second X prisoner is being held in total isolation for years] (in Hebrew), Haaretz, July 10, 2013
* [http://forward.com/news/israel/180385/what-we-know-and-dont-know-%C2%A0about-israels-pris/ What We Know — and Don't Know — About Israel's Prisoner X2], The Forward, July 14, 2013
* [http://www.dw.com/en/israels-prisoner-x2-case-raises-concerns/a-16960106 Israel's 'Prisoner X2' case raises concerns], Deutsche Welle, July 18, 2013
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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:21st-century spies
Category:Ayalon Prison inmates
Category:Censorship in Israel
Category:Iranian spies
Category:Iran–Israel relations
Category:Unidentified people
Category:Year of birth unknown
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