They married in 1959, a month after meeting, and had three children together. Diplomats, prime ministers, parliamentarians, and Pope Paul VI tried to intercede. Cohen established his contact quickly, his letter of recommendation opened the gates to high society. In January 1965, Syrian government officials announced that Eli is an Israeli spy. He also taught underprivileged children and distributed among them fine clothes that his father would import. After weeks of surveillance, he was finalized and was put to training. Al-Gamal, for his part, adopted the Jewish identity of Jacques Biton and immigrated to Israel from France on the orders of Egyptian intelligence. when you were three, your family left Lebanon and moved to Egypt Alexandria. Syria tortures him but he was still lying, his face was covered with wounds, his nail was pulled out. Israel's minister of defense Pinhas Lavon and colonel Benyamin Gibli head of military intelligence, concocted a dangerous and foolish plan if several terrorist bombings were swept Egypt, the British will return to its former bases and concluded that Egypt's couldn't maintain law and order. Eli was arrested but soon released due to a lack of evidence. He was husband to Carole Cohen; brother to Narda Gabbay; father to Margalit Tocher, Roslyn V When Nadia Cohen learnt that Netflix was making the 2019 miniseriesThe Spy, and saw pictures of comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who would portray her husband, wearing a man-thong in his role as Kazakh reporter Borat, she was quite worried. [8] His most famous achievement was the tour of the Golan Heights in which he collected intelligence on the Syrian fortifications there. Share on Facebook. While working as an intelligence officer offer him a job with high pay, Eli didn't say no and become a secret agent. their chief noticed that their decision taken by the government was broadcast to Israel. It could not let Syria succeed and planning a response. In the interview, she said that her husband left behind memoirs, notes and other evidence. His new friends introduced Eli to top government officials, senior army officers, and leaders of the ruling party. Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen ( bahasa Ibrani: , bahasa Arab: ; 6 Desember 1924 - 18 Mei 1965), lebih dikenal secara umum dengan nama Eli Cohen, adalah seorang agen rahasia Mossad, Israel dan diangggap sebagai salah satu mata . After coming to Israel, he briefly worked as a counter-intelligence analyst with the Israel Defense Forces, but resigned after his attempt to join the Mossad was rejected. [22], It is claimed that the intelligence that Cohen gathered before his arrest was an important factor in Israel's success in the Six-Day War,[23] although some intelligence experts have argued that the information he provided about the Golan Heights fortifications was also readily available from ground and aerial reconnaissance. [13][14] In Buenos Aires he moved among the Arab community, letting it be known he had large amounts of money to put at the disposal of the Syrian Ba'ath Party. But . "My darling Nadia, and my dear family,I am writing you these last words, minutes before my end, with the hope that you stay together forever.I beg my wife to forgive me, to take care of herself and our children. I give you my blessing. Abdel Latif Hassan immediately wrote four letters one to his brother-in-law, two to friends in Beirut, and fourth to his son in Damascus. [26], Monthir Maosily, the former bureau chief of Hafez Al-Assad, claimed in August 2008 that the Syrians had buried him three times to stop the remains from being taken back to Israel via a special operation. Israeli Hebrew Author Sami Michael Is Her Brother. one after the other 69 people were arrested. The national turmoil over the PMs judicial overhaul is now being exacerbated by surging Palestinian terrorism and settler extremism. Eli was, however, persuaded continuously by Israeli intelligence agencies to return to Syria. ", "Former Assad aide: Eli Cohen's burial site unknown],mm", "New footage emerges of Eli Cohen on the gallows", "Mossad Brings Home Watch of Israeli Spy Executed in Syria; Netanyahu Hails 'Brave' Op", "Watch of famed Israeli spy Eli Cohen recovered by Mossad", "The saga of Eli Cohen, Israel's greatest spy", "Will Assad's Ouster Free Body of Israel Spy? Cohen was offended when Mossad rejected him, and resigned from military counterintelligence. Cohen was arrested in January 1965 while transmitting to his handlers. While Eli has been celebrated as a national hero in Israel since his death, she remained reclusive for decades. Cohen expressed fear of discovery to the Mossad on his last secret visit to Israel in November 1964, and he stated that he wished to terminate his assignment in Syria. 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Struggling to find a job after being was fired from the store, he was recruited by the Mossad to serve as a special agent to infiltrate the Syrian government. He organized several protest campaigns against the British rule. He is best known for his espionage work in 19611965 in Syria, where he developed close relationships with the political and mil. He reminded me of my father sometimes, she added. He was born in 1971 to Jewish parents. His remains have yet to be returned, despite pleas from his family. But the intelligence officers convinced him to go back one last time. Nadia, already struggling to raise two kids alone while avoiding neighbors questions about her husbands long absences, became suspicious after he told her not to open the envelopes he received when he was at home. Syrian security services led by Suidani broke into Cohen's apartment on 24 January and caught him in the middle of a transmission to Israel. This version contradicts that of Israel's secret service. The Spy, which was released Friday, tells the story of Cohen, who spied for Israel in Syria during the 1960s, providing valuable intelligence that was said to have greatly assisted the Israeli military in the 1967 Six Day War. "The Spy" depicts Egyptian-born Cohen - played by Sacha Baron Cohen - as an ambitious, Arabic-speaking immigrant to Israel who is recruited by Mossad and, overcoming his fears and the strains on his family, infiltrates the Damascus high command by posing as a rich scion of the Syrian diaspora. Eliyahu (Eli) Cohen, an Egyptian Jew, was born in Alexandria in 1924. Already a member? But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community. There is always the risk that the agent remains loyal to his original handlers and has managed to fool his new bosses. Read more. you lived with your uncle and worked as a travel agency, later were very successful. 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Gen. Oded Basiuk says Iran poses a danger to the security and stability of the entire region, IAEA chief to meet Iranian president in Tehran for nuclear talks diplomat, US official says Iran could produce nuclear material for a bomb in about 12 days, Meet the real-life sister act behind the two new 90s Jewish American Girl dolls, Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy are the inspiration for a set of throwback characters with a nuanced interfaith Jewish background for fans of the popular line. In the name of the Syrian Arab people, The Military court has decided in its meeting which was held on Muharram 7th, 1385 - May 8th, 1965 to sentence Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen, a resident of Tel Aviv in Occupied Palestine, to death for committing the following crimes: The crime of disguised entry into a military location. [18], Cohen made repeated visits to the southern frontier zone, providing photographs and sketches of Syrian positions. A legend. In a display of generosity, the tabet contributed some money to build a public kitchen for the poor of Damascus. The six-part drama about Israeli spy Eli Cohen has gripped viewers and critics alike with its pulse-racing tale of espionage and a deceptively good dramatic performance by. In fact, he was the first of the family to move to Israel in 1949. [4] His father had moved there from Aleppo in 1914. He was convicted in a trial without a defense and sentenced to death. Finally, Cohen's instructors decided that the time had come to craft him a cover story. I am begging you my dear Nadia not to spend your time in weeping about some thing already passed. Asked to pinpoint what she found not to be reflective of her familys experience, Ben-Dor cited the ethnic gap, noting her mother was never a maid as was portrayed in the series. Israeli spy (1924-1965) Kamel Amin Thaabet. For six years, they lived in maabara, an absorption camp for new immigrants. Eli told Nadia that he got a job with a company that works with defense and foreign ministries, he needs to travel to Europe to buy tools and equipment, and materials for Israel's military. Learn more. In 1963, during a business trip to Germany, he met Weltrude Scheffeldt, a divorcee, then 22 and with a small child, and married her. Premiering Friday, Sep. 6, the six-episode miniseries tells the iconic story of Eli Cohen, a Mossad agent who undertook a mission to ingratiate himself into the upper echelons of Syrian society a . He made friends with many of the guests and ended up receiving classified military briefings and visiting Syrian military sites. [8], Israel's secret police recruited a sabotage unit of Jewish Egyptian citizens in 1955 which attempted to undermine Egypt's relationships with western powers in the "Lavon Affair". Nadia Cohen was born as Nadia Majald into an educated secular Jewish family in Baghdad, Iraq in the mid-1930s as one of eight children. They would have three children, Sophie, Irit and Shai. To reveal full. Eliyahu BenShaul Cohen (Hebrew , Arabic 26 December 1924 18 May 1965), commonly known as Eli Cohen, was an Israeli spy. , , + 4, . later he handed with Syrian passport in name of kamal Amin tabet, he advised to open a bank account in that name and start visiting Arab restaurants, the cinema where Arab movies are shown, and political club. According to an unconfirmed but widely believed story, he feigned sympathy for the soldiers exposed to the sun and had trees planted at every position, placed to provide shade. "- From Eli Cohen's last letter to his wife Nadia and his children, written an hour before his execution in Damascus. one evening he met one gentleman, Abdel Latif Hassan, editor in chief of Arab world magazine publish in Argentina. In February 1962, Cohen moved to Damascus. . For as little as $6/month, you will: Were really pleased that youve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month. 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