It included the precise locations of Syrian bunkers on the Golan Heights, which was instrumental in the Israeli conquest of the Heights two years later, in the Six-Day War.Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle EastGet email notification for articles from David B. GreenGet email notification for articles from David B. GreenOn May 18, 1965, Eli Cohen, the Israeli intelligence agent who succeeded in penetrating the highest levels of Syria’s political and military elite before being arrested and convicted of espionage, was executed by hanging in Damascus’ Marjeh Square. But he went back one more time.In 1949, Eli’s parents and three brothers joined much of the Egyptian Jewish community in leaving the country; in their case, they went to Israel. In January 1947, Eli enlisted in the Egyptian Army as an alternative to paying the prescribed sum that all young Jews were obliged to pay, but he was declared ineligible on grounds of questionable loyalty. Later, after Hafez returned to Syria and toppled the ruling government with a group of Ba’athist conspirators in 1963, Cohen, by that point in Syria, reaped the benefits. No film or video was previously known to exist of the execution.Cohen has become a national hero in Israel, and many streets and neighborhoods have been named for him. Cohen believed that the tools were to be taken to the secretive Syrian military base of Shallal in Rif Dimashq Go…
At these parties, Cohen "dispensed free-flowing liquor and prostitutes",Cohen provided an extensive amount and wide range of intelligence data to the Israeli Army between 1961 and 1965. He had been repeatedly interrogated and tortured.Israel staged an international campaign for clemency, hoping to persuade the Syrians not to execute him. Cohen then returned to the Zurich safehouse, where Salinger and his wife informed Cohen that his wife had given birth, giving him a doll and other gifts to bring to his family. On January 24, 1965, using newly received Soviet tracking equipment, secret police tracked him down in the act of sending a radio message.Cohen was interrogated under torture and finally tried behind closed doors before a military tribunal, which sentenced him to death on March 31, 1965.Despite appeals for clemency from such figures as Pope Paul VI and philosopher Bertrand Russell, Cohen’s sentence was carried out on this day, 50 years ago.The information Eli Cohen sent back to Israel was extensive and much of it was of great strategic value. Later that year, he left university and began studying at home after facing harassment by the His parents and three brothers left for Israel in 1949, but he remained to finish a degree in electronics and to coordinate Jewish and Zionist activities.
But he needed the extra income, and he was drawn to danger, so he agreed.Eli Cohen underwent extensive training and was given a new cover identity before being relocated in early 1961 to Buenos Aires. 10.04.2018. The season finale to The Spy begins on the 24th January 1965. But he went back one more time. (When the plot backfired, it led to a decade of recriminations in Israel that are referred to collectively as the “Lavon Affair.”)After the 1956 Suez War, it became dangerous for Cohen to remain in Egypt, and finally, in December, 1956, he made his way to Israel by way of Naples.On arrival, Cohen apparently sought work with the same Military Intelligence unit, 131, that had initiated Operation Susanna in Cairo, but was rejected because, though intelligent, personable and courageous, he was deemed to be potentially reckless. The government initiated an 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 "The Egyptian government increased their persecution of Jews and expelled many of them, and Cohen was forced to leave the country in December 1956. Cohen was allowed to return to Israel to visit his wife and daughter, and he then met up with Peleg, giving him a status update.
Both his parents, Shaul Cohen and the former Sophia Tawil Cohen, were Syrian-born, and came to Alexandria earlier in the 20th century.1910: ‘Trashy’ Yiddish Playwright of Dubious Character Dies Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן , Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين ; 6 December 1924 – 18 May
He sent intelligence to Israel by radio, secret letters, and occasionally in person; he secretly traveled to Israel three times.Cohen made repeated visits to the southern frontier zone, providing photographs and sketches of Syrian positions.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,In January 1965, Syrian officials increased their efforts to find a high-level spy using Soviet-made tracking equipment and assisted by Soviet experts. He also held parties at his home for high-placed Syrian ministers, businessmen, and others. 31 May – Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four. “Thaabet” was a wealthy nationalist who hosted parties rich in alcohol and women, and was generous with both loans and advice. 18 May – Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. He emigrated to Israel with the assistance of the In 1959, he married Nadia Majald, an Iraqi-Jewish immigrant and the sister of author He was then given a false identity as a Syrian businessman who was returning to the country after living in Argentina.
At these parties, Cohen "dispensed free-flowing liquor and prostitutes",Cohen provided an extensive amount and wide range of intelligence data to the Israeli Army between 1961 and 1965. He had been repeatedly interrogated and tortured.Israel staged an international campaign for clemency, hoping to persuade the Syrians not to execute him. Cohen then returned to the Zurich safehouse, where Salinger and his wife informed Cohen that his wife had given birth, giving him a doll and other gifts to bring to his family. On January 24, 1965, using newly received Soviet tracking equipment, secret police tracked him down in the act of sending a radio message.Cohen was interrogated under torture and finally tried behind closed doors before a military tribunal, which sentenced him to death on March 31, 1965.Despite appeals for clemency from such figures as Pope Paul VI and philosopher Bertrand Russell, Cohen’s sentence was carried out on this day, 50 years ago.The information Eli Cohen sent back to Israel was extensive and much of it was of great strategic value. Later that year, he left university and began studying at home after facing harassment by the His parents and three brothers left for Israel in 1949, but he remained to finish a degree in electronics and to coordinate Jewish and Zionist activities.
But he needed the extra income, and he was drawn to danger, so he agreed.Eli Cohen underwent extensive training and was given a new cover identity before being relocated in early 1961 to Buenos Aires. 10.04.2018. The season finale to The Spy begins on the 24th January 1965. But he went back one more time. (When the plot backfired, it led to a decade of recriminations in Israel that are referred to collectively as the “Lavon Affair.”)After the 1956 Suez War, it became dangerous for Cohen to remain in Egypt, and finally, in December, 1956, he made his way to Israel by way of Naples.On arrival, Cohen apparently sought work with the same Military Intelligence unit, 131, that had initiated Operation Susanna in Cairo, but was rejected because, though intelligent, personable and courageous, he was deemed to be potentially reckless. The government initiated an 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 "The Egyptian government increased their persecution of Jews and expelled many of them, and Cohen was forced to leave the country in December 1956. Cohen was allowed to return to Israel to visit his wife and daughter, and he then met up with Peleg, giving him a status update.
Both his parents, Shaul Cohen and the former Sophia Tawil Cohen, were Syrian-born, and came to Alexandria earlier in the 20th century.1910: ‘Trashy’ Yiddish Playwright of Dubious Character Dies Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן , Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين ; 6 December 1924 – 18 May
He sent intelligence to Israel by radio, secret letters, and occasionally in person; he secretly traveled to Israel three times.Cohen made repeated visits to the southern frontier zone, providing photographs and sketches of Syrian positions.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,In January 1965, Syrian officials increased their efforts to find a high-level spy using Soviet-made tracking equipment and assisted by Soviet experts. He also held parties at his home for high-placed Syrian ministers, businessmen, and others. 31 May – Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four. “Thaabet” was a wealthy nationalist who hosted parties rich in alcohol and women, and was generous with both loans and advice. 18 May – Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. He emigrated to Israel with the assistance of the In 1959, he married Nadia Majald, an Iraqi-Jewish immigrant and the sister of author He was then given a false identity as a Syrian businessman who was returning to the country after living in Argentina.