agreement, the Israeli government was not to assume responsibility for the circumstances that led to his suicide, or any misconduct that may have taken place during the process of Zygier's recruitment to Mossad. Reactions Israel After the ABC report was released, the Israeli government refused to comment, but reportedly asked media chiefs not to publish "information pertaining to an incident that is very embarrassing to a certain government agency". Following the revelation, Knesset members Dov Khenin, Zehava Gal-On, and Ahmad Tibi in a public Question time urged outgoing Israeli Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman to address the ABC report, and criticised the government's conduct. Israel outgoing Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovich cancelled his next-day planned speech in the Knesset. Knesset officials believed it was to avoid answering questions by Knesset members. Nitzan Horowitz, who had originally filed a grievance over the matter in 2010, sent a letter to Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein urging him to investigate, stating that "clandestine arrests and detentions are unacceptable and inconceivable in a democratic state. They pose a tangible threat to the rule of law and undermine the public's confidence in the legal system." In the evening of 13 February 2013, the Israeli government published a statement confirming the existence of "Prisoner X" for the first time. Although the statement did not name Zygier as the inmate, it confirmed a few key details of the affair that had already been reported. The statement said that a dual national was held and imprisoned under a false name for security reasons, that he had hanged himself, and that a gag order had been in effect over the case. It also asserted that the prisoner was afforded legal representation during his detention and that his family was notified of the arrest. According to the Israeli news website Ynet, Zygier's attorneys and family were required to sign non-disclosure agreements with the government, preventing them from acknowledging or denying aspects of the case reported in the press. Ynet also reported that the heads of the Israeli intelligence community met in private on 14 February to discuss strategies for minimising the affair's damage to active operations. Australia The Australian government announced that it would investigate Zygier's death. On 14 February 2013, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator Bob Carr revealed details from an interim Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade report. He said that the Australian Government had been advised on 24 February