Former governor of NI's maze prison to run West Bank jail

A former governor of Northern Ireland’s notorious Maze prison will run the West Bank jail where six Palestinians wanted by Israel were moved earlier this week.

The transfer of the six men, including four assassins of an Israeli Cabinet minister, was part of a US-brokered deal that led to Israel lifting its siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.