Mossad linked to Iran killings

Kimberly Dozier A new book claims Israel sent assassins into Iran to sabotage the country's nuclear program.

Mossad gauges US reaction to Iran strike

Tel Aviv Head of Israel's foreign intelligence in talks about possibility of attack on nuclear facilities.

Poles extradite Mossad suspect

WARSAW: A suspected Mossad agent accused of helping to obtain a fake passport used by an Israeli hit squad in the killing of a Hamas leader has been extradited to Germany, Polish police said.

Ex-Mossad boss's spray

Conal Urquhart JERUSALEM: The former head of Israel's spy service Mossad has made an unprecedented attack on the country's serving government, saying it is ''irresponsible and reckless'', and has praised Arab...

Former Mossad head advocates Saudi peace plan

Jason Koutsoukis JERUSALEM: A former chief of Israeli intelligence, Meir Dagan, has urged political leaders to embrace the so-called Saudi peace initiative under which Israel would withdraw to its 1967 borders and...

Barak derides former Mossad chief for calling air strike on Iran foolish

Jason Koutsoukis ISRAEL'S Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, has slapped down the country's former intelligence supremo, Meir Dagan, for describing the idea of attacking Iran's nuclear facilities as foolish.

Mossad spies linked to professor's murder arrested, says Iran

TEHRAN: Iran's Intelligence Ministry said it had arrested a ''network of spies and terrorists'' connected to Israel and responsible for killing a prominent scientist in 2009.

Iran hangs 'Mossad spy'

Iran has hanged a man found guilty of feeding Israeli spy agency Mossad with Iranian military secrets and information on its missile program over a period of six years, news agency IRNA reported.

How keen spy Zygier turned prisoner

Australian-Israeli Mossad agent Ben Zygier unwittingly sabotaged a top secret spy operation aimed at bringing home the bodies of Israeli soldiers missing in Lebanon, a report said on Tuesday.

Double agent disaster led to spy's downfall

Jason Koutsoukis in Beirut Australian-born former Mossad agent Ben Zygier was responsible for one of the most serious security breaches in Israeli history, a breach that led directly to the arrest and imprisonment of two of...

Zygier findings set for release

Ruth Pollard and Philip Dorling A preliminary inquiry conducted by the Israel Prisons Service found that dual Australian-Israeli citizen Ben Zygier committed suicide in solitary confinement by hanging himself with a bed sheet tied...

Israel denies 'Prisoner X' Zygier was in contact with ASIO

Ruth Pollard in Jerusalem Seeking to put an end to speculation that the Australian suspected of spying for Mossad was arrested for also passing information to ASIO, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied Ben...

Family of suspected spy fought to keep inquiry into his death open

Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: Israeli government representatives tried to shut down the investigation into the death in custody of Ben Zygier, the Australian suspected of spying for Mossad, arguing there was no...

Prison guards 'asleep' when Zygier hanged himself - report

Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: The Australian suspected of spying for Mossad was left hanging in the bathroom of his cell for more than an hour by prison guards who had ''fallen asleep on the job'' and failed to keep...

Palestinian's death prompts call for fresh probe

Ruth Pollard The Palestinian man who died in custody in an Israeli jail on Saturday showed obvious signs of torture, a senior Palestinian government minister said, calling for an independent, international...

'Australian's suicide in solitary': Netanyahu under pressure

Ruth Pollard Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure to answer questions over allegations that an Australian citizen committed suicide while being held in solitary confinement in the country's...

Israel admits Aussie held under false name

Israel says Australian with dual citizenship held for security reasons.

Strange fate of Benji, the suspected spy

Ruth Pollard WHEN Ben Zygier died in a maximum-security prison in Israel he was under investigation by the spy agency ASIO, which suspected him of using his Australian passport to spy for Israel, Fairfax Media...

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Leader waits in shifting sands of Middle East

Paul McGeough First comes one projectile, then another. Both are in full flight, moving quickly.

Khalid Mishal: terrorist or rebel with a cause?

Paul McGeough Doha, Qatar FIRST comes one projectile, then another. Both are in full flight, moving quickly. Launched by Khalid Mishal in the early hours of the morning, they could be rockets over Gaza.