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Foreign Correspondent: May 7

ABC1 has just confirmed Foreign Correspondent tonight it will reveal more detail about the activities of Prisoner X, the story it broke earlier this year.

2013-05-07_1126ABC1 has just confirmed Foreign Correspondent tonight it will reveal more detail about the activities of Prisoner X, the international story it broke earlier this year.

This is the final episode of the season and the show resumes in August.

After blowing the lid on the secret identity of Israel’s Prisoner X, Foreign Correspondent can now reveal why Israel went to such extraordinary lengths to keep Melbourne man Ben Zygier and his unexplained offences hidden from public view and scrutiny. In this follow up to the explosive, global scoop Prisoner X – the Australian Connection we unearth answers to some persistent questions. What could Zygier have possibly done that called for such measures and why – even after his death – is Israel still determined to keep his activities under wraps?

Up until 8pm on Tuesday, February 12 2013 the identity of an inmate held in a notorious cell inside Israel’s Ayalon Prison was known to only a very select group of people. But when Foreign Correspondent went to air, the secret was smashed and the world would know that Prisoner X was a Melbourne man named Ben Zygier – a Mossad agent held on unspecified charges who’d somehow managed to kill himself in what was reportedly a purpose-built, suicide-proof cell.

Our story rocked Israel, shocked Australia and reverberated around the world.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a special emergency conference of media leaders at which his Mossad chief urged editors and journalists to leave the story alone and continue to observe a strict suppression order on the case. It didn’t work. The story generated a great deal of coverage in Israel and beyond and our understanding of mystery man Zygier has grown in the months since.

But burning questions persist unanswered.

One is particularly red-hot.

What did Ben Zygier do to warrant such extraordinary treatment?

With Prisoner X: The Secret, reporter Trevor Bormann reveals stunning new detail about the activities of Prisoner X and the devastating consequences of those activities. And with that we’ll get a much clearer understanding of why Mossad and the Israeli Government have been so keen to keep the Prisoner X case out of sight.

Tuesday, May 7 at 8pm on ABC1

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