Concentrate on yourself, looking forward for a better future! He had been repeatedly interrogated and tortured. I found only these two photos that are clear enough to understand what was written. Receiving his primary education at a local Jewish community school, Eli nevertheless considered himself a patriot of Egypt, the country in … [18] He also learned of a secret plan to create three successive lines of bunkers and mortars; the Israel Defense Forces would otherwise have expected to encounter only a single line. Dr. Eli Cohen passed away peacefully in his home on May 1, 2018, surrounded by his wife and three children. Vigorous debate and reasoned critique are welcome; name-calling and personal invective are not and will be deleted. Cohen's brothers Abraham and Maurice led a campaign to return his remains; Maurice died in 2006, and Nadia now leads it. With John Shea, Eli Wallach, Sasson Gabai, Michal Bat-Adam. All readers can browse the comments, and all Forward subscribers can add to the conversation. The government initiated an anti-Zionist campaign in 1951, after a military coup, and Cohen was arrested and interrogated over his Zionist activities. [9], In 1959, he married Nadia Majald, an Iraqi-Jewish immigrant and the sister of author Sami Michael. The black-and-white video was posted without much explanation on the Facebook page “Syrian Art Treasures.” At one minute, 40 seconds, it depicts Cohen’s body draped with a placard listing his crimes hanging in a public square in Damascus, Syria. Sacha Baron Cohen-led limited series “The Spy” — which comes out today on Netflix — tells the true story of how famed Israeli Mossad agent Eli Cohen … Contact Naomi Zeveloff at zeveloff@forward.com or on Twitter @naomizeveloff. 2. mcu noose, Cohen hanging. Early Years. His widow mentioned that the watch was up for sale months earlier, and the Mossad managed to capture it. [12][13] 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. InsideEko is yet to confirm Eli Cohen‘s cause of death as no health issues, accident or other causes of death has been learned to be associated to the passing.. So humiliating was the Eli Cohen affair for Syria that to this day, 50 years later, no government in that country has been willing to consider returning his remains to Israel for burial. Video footage that apparently shows the execution of Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria in 1965 has surfaced online, giving a fuller picture of the mystery-shrouded moments just before and after the secret agent’s death more than half a century ago. Eli Cohen was an Egyptian-born Israeli spy best known for his espionage work in the 1960s in Syria, where it was alleged he developed close … Eliyahu (Eli) Cohen, an Egyptian Jew, was born in Alexandria in 1924.As a young adult, he worked within Egypt to secretly assist other Egyptian Jews in emigrating to Israel. [27] Mossad director Yossi Cohen presented it to Cohen's family in a ceremony, and it is currently on display at Mossad headquarters. The actor’s father - an Orthodox Jewish accountant - treasured the tale of Eli, and Baron Cohen was asked to play the spy role shortly after he died. All readers can browse the comments, and all Forward subscribers can add to the conversation. From: Al Jazeera World Eli Cohen: Mossad Agent 88. He emigrated to Israel with the assistance of the Jewish Agency. Naomi Zeveloff is the former Middle East correspondent of the Forward, primarily covering Israel and the Palestinian Territories. 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. He sent intelligence to Israel by radio, secret letters, and occasionally in person; he secretly traveled to Israel three times. According to Scheffeldt, Cohen and al-Gamal were arrested together in 1954 and released shortly after. He was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death. Israeli Spy Eli Cohen Was Hanged by Syria in 1965. Egregious commenters or repeat offenders will be banned from commenting. Cohen was hanged in the Marjeh Square in Damascus on 18 May 1965. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he and his wife settled in Willowbrook in 1967. I am begging you my dear Nadia not to spend your time in weeping about some thing already passed. [4], Cohen provided an extensive amount and wide range of intelligence data to the Israeli Army between 1961 and 1965. Recruitment The decision to recruit and train an agent to be stationed in a target country (Egypt, Jordan or Syria) was made in 1958, not long after military intelligence failed to identify the Egyptian army’s infiltration into the Sinai Peninsula. According to the Times of Israel, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation published a report saying that Cohen’s remains could soon be returned to Israel by a Syrian rebel group, but then removed the story from its web site. [33], Israeli spy who was captured and executed in Syria, destroy the equipment prepared for the task, "Israel's Secret Operation to Recover the Watch of a Legendary Spy", "Rumors fly that body of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen was found", "Mossad's master of deception: the astounding true story of Israeli super-spy Eli Cohen", "Unending agony for legendary spy Eli Cohen and his widow", "The History of Elie Cohen: An Egyptian Jew who became Israel's greatest spy", "Will Israel's superspy finally rest in peace? Ely Cohen, 88 U.S. Army veteran, educator and leader Ely Robert Cohen of Willowbrook, Staten Island, New York, a U.S. Army veteran and retired New York City Department of Education teacher and administrator, died May 24, 2020, at Staten Island University Hospital. Vigorous debate and reasoned critique are welcome; name-calling and personal invective are not and will be deleted. Meir even appealed to the Soviet Union. Eli Cohen, in full Eliahu ben Shaoul Cohen, also called Kamal Amin Thaabet, (born 1924, Alexandria, Egypt—died May 18, 1965, Damascus, Syria), Egyptian-born Israeli spy who infiltrated the highest ranks of the Syrian military and government by posing as a Syrian businessman.Between 1961 and 1965 Cohen passed Syrian secrets to the Israeli government … [9] The governments of Belgium, Canada, and France tried to persuade the Syrian government to commute the death sentence,[23] but the Syrians refused. President Reuven Rivlin and Nadia Cohen, at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Mossad super spy Eli Cohen, May 18, 2015. [8] His most famous achievement was the tour of the Golan Heights in which he collected intelligence on the Syrian fortifications there. [11][15], In 2016, a Syrian group calling itself "Syrian art treasures" posted a video on Facebook showing Cohen's body after his execution. Telling his wife he has a new job that requires extensive business travel, he takes up residence in Syria, where he befriends a high-ranking Syrian government official and provides … He is best known for his espionage work in 1961–65 in Syria, where he developed close relationships with the Syrian political and military hierarchy,[1][2] and became the chief adviser to the Minister of Defense.[3]. [25] Syrian authorities have repeatedly denied family requests for the remains. [21], 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,[22] 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. Eli Cohen, the most famous Israeli spy, was executed by hanging on May 18, 1965. Cohen was publicly hanged in Marjeh Square in Damascus on May 18, 1965. Eli Cohen was born into a family of eight in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt on December 6, 1924. Eli Cohen was born in Alexandria, Egypt, on December 26, 1928 [sic 1924]. [14], Cohen moved to Damascus in February 1962 under the alias Kamel Amin Thaabet (Arabic: كامل أمين ثابت‎). ", "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? This death has caused a lot of friends and family of Cohen so much hurt. “There were tears and nerves as we watched, how they lowered him down from the rope into the coffin, to see three cars circling around and to see the crowd in the square with celebratory music blaring, it’s not easy,” Najda Cohen said. The Forward welcomes reader comments in order to promote thoughtful discussion on issues of importance to the Jewish community. [26] The press announced on 5 July 2018 that Cohen's wristwatch had been retrieved from Syria. [30], John Shea played Cohen in the television film The Impossible Spy (1987),[31] and Sacha Baron Cohen played him in the Netflix miniseries The Spy (2019). In February 2007, the Turkish government offered to act as a mediator for their return. 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. In Israel, he was initially rejected by the Mossad and then later recruited to the Israeli intelligence unit. According to Scheffeldt, al-Gamal wrote in his memoirs of his friendship with Marcelle Ninio, who was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the Jewish Underground, and also about Eli Cohen. His father had moved there from Aleppo in 1914. Eli Cohen was a spy for four years before being exposed and later sentenced to death (Photo: Netflix) Is The Spy still available to watch … Eli Cohen, Israel’s most famous spy, also happened to be a hopeless romantic.The Spy, a six-part Netflix miniseries about Cohen's life, showcases the … Later that year, he left university and began studying at home after facing harassment by the Muslim Brotherhood. In the interest of maintaining a civil forum, The Forward requires that all commenters be appropriately respectful toward our writers, other commenters and the subjects of the articles. [10], The Mossad recruited Cohen after Director-General Meir Amit, looking for a special agent to infiltrate the Syrian government, came across his name while looking through the agency's files of rejected candidates, after none of the current candidates seemed suitable for the job. Cohen was found guilty of espionage by a military tribunal and sentenced to death under martial law. New video emerges of final moments when Israeli spy Eli Cohen … Before leaving, Cohen assured his wife it would be his last trip before he returned home permanently. The Times of Israel reported that the black-and-white video is in the Associated Press archives, but its publication on the Syrian Facebook page and subsequent media coverage in Israel brought the issue of Cohen’s death and the fate of his remains back into the Israeli public sphere. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family, personal life, career, achievements, and death. Directed by Jim Goddard. In the years following the creation … [15][16] Mossad had carefully planned the tactics that he was to use in building relationships with high-ranking Syrian politicians, military officials, influential public figures, and the diplomatic community. While we generally do not seek to edit or actively moderate comments, our spam filter prevents most links and certain key words from being posted and the Forward reserves the right to remove comments for any reason. Eli Cohen was the man for the job. [5], 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. On the day of his execution, his last wish to see a rabbi was respected by the prison authorities, and Nissim Indibo, the elderly Chief Rabbi of Syria, accompanied him in the truck. Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן‎‎, Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين‎‎; 6 December 1924 – 18 May 1965), commonly known as Eli Cohen, was an Israeli spy. At this time the Ba'ath Party was illegal in Syria but the party seized power in 1963. Cohen was born in 1924 in Alexandria, Egypt to a devout Syrian Jewish and Zionist family. [9], Cohen continued his social life as he had in Argentina, spending time in cafes listening to political gossip. [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". Peleg was happy about Cohen's theft of the camera bag, which was not part of the plan, but which helped the Isra… Nadia Cohen attempted to appeal for clemency at the Syrian Embassy in Paris but was turned away. 6. ms tilt down obelisk in square, pan right to bystanders and scaffold with hanged Cohen. He also held parties at his home for high-placed Syrian ministers, businessmen, and others. “Eli… Cohen was discovered by Syrian intelligence 1965, and sentenced to death for espionage. Nadia Cohen is the widow of Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who spied in Syria by posing as a wealthy merchant during the early 1960s before being caught and hanged to death publicly. Despite this, however, Israeli intelligence asked him to return to Syria one more time. Diplomats, Prime Ministers, parliamentarians, and Pope Paul VI tried to intercede. [7], In January 1965, Syrian officials increased their efforts to find a high-level spy using Soviet-made tracking equipment and assisted by Soviet experts. Cohen wrote in his final letter on 15 May 1965:[7]. The Israel Defense Forces was alleged to have used the trees as targeting markers during the Six-Day War, which enabled Israel to capture the Golan Heights in two days. To establish his cover, Cohen moved to Buenos Aires in 1961. “These days it isn’t easy regardless but when these kinds of things come up, it haunts our minds and our souls,” Cohen said. We’ll email you whenever we publish another article by J.J Goldberg. [7][9], Israel staged an international campaign for clemency, hoping to persuade the Syrians not to execute him. His graduate report stated that he had all the qualities needed to become a katsa, or field agent. But Cohen's request was hardly an ordinary one and his brother Eli wasn't your average workaday guy, in death no less than in life. He was husband to Carole Cohen; brother to Narda Gabbay; father to Margalit Tocher, Roslyn Veilleux, and Benjamin Cohen; and grandfather to Kaiden, Julian and Penelope Tocher, Wren Veilleux, and Tzadok, Meir, Pelah, Naomi and Danya Cohen. [11][19][20] Cohen was able to find out that the Syrians planned to divert the Jordan River headwaters in an attempt to deprive Israel of water resources, providing information to the Israeli military to destroy the equipment prepared for the task. Who was Eli Cohen? His work bored him and he attempted to join the Mossad, but he was offended when the Mossad rejected him, and he resigned from military counter-intelligence. For the next two years, he worked as a filing clerk in a Tel Aviv insurance office. Copyright ©2021The Forward Association, Inc.All rights reserved. [2], Newly appointed Syrian Intelligence Colonel Ahmed Suidani trusted no one and disliked Cohen. Cohen was then informed that the Mossad had decided to recruit him and underwent an intensive six-month course at the Mossad training school. According to Israel’s Arutz 7 news site, this was the first time Cohen’s widow, Nadja Cohen, viewed the footage. It is in that mourning spirit that the concerned persons have taken to social media to share tributes to the deceased and … In Ynet interview, man who served as Israeli spy in Syria, Lebanon before legendary spy Eli Cohen calls for investigation committee to look into his death. While we generally do not seek to edit or actively moderate comments, our spam filter prevents most links and certain key words from being posted and the Forward reserves the right to remove comments for any reason. Netflix The Ba'athist coup and Eli Cohen's role. 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. Cohen was born in Alexandria to a devout Jewish and Zionist family in 1924. [17], Cohen made repeated visits to the southern frontier zone, providing photographs and sketches of Syrian positions. [29] A memorial stone has been erected to Cohen in the Garden of the Missing Soldiers in Mount Herzl, Jerusalem. 7. bs hanged Cohen, police, bystanders at edge of garden. Nadja Cohen said she had not heard from Israeli authorities regarding the issue. No film or video was previously known to exist of the execution. The life and death of Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who operated undercover in Syria in 1960s before his identity was revealed. 4. cs ARABIC. Why Is the Video Surfacing Now? "His parents, Syrian Jews from the thriving town of Aleppo, had always instilled in their educationally minded son the traditions of the Jewish people, of Zionism, and of the culture of Syria's Jewish community, in particular." Cohen, an Egyptian Jew, provided covert assistance to Israeli operations in Egypt before immigrating to Israel in 1956. [32], The Israeli settlement Eliad on the Golan Heights is named for him. Egregious commenters or repeat offenders will be banned from commenting. Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir led a campaign urging Damascus to consider the consequences of hanging him. Eli Cohen was an Israeli spy who operated an undercover mission in Syria, between 1961 and 1965. Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Defense Minister Ezer Weizmann, Chief of Staff Mordechai Gur, and several Mossad operatives all attended his son's Bar Mitzvah in 1977. The unit bombed unoccupied American and British installations, expecting that this would be considered the work of Egyptians. [7] He took part in various Israeli covert operations in the country during the 1950s, although the Egyptian government could never prove his involvement in Operation Goshen, an Israeli operation to smuggle Egyptian Jews out of the country and resettle them in Israel due to increasing hostility in Egypt. 5. cu dead Cohen. Last year, at the 50th anniversary of his death, then-Mossad director Tamir Pardo said Israel has “an obligation” to bring the body of Cohen to Israel for burial. In the interest of maintaining a civil forum, The Forward requires that all commenters be appropriately respectful toward our writers, other commenters and the subjects of the articles. For two weeks Cohen was put under surveillance, and was judged suitable for recruitment and training. ", "Sacha Baron Cohen To Star As Eli Cohen in Netflix Limited Series 'The Spy, Cohen's widow asks for his remains to be returned, PM's speech at the ceremony marking 40 years since the death of Eli Cohen, Our man in Damascus: Eli Cohen of blessed memory, Exhibition in the IDF&defense establishment archives, Eli Cohen, moments after the execution (part 1), Eli Cohen, moments after the execution (part 2), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eli_Cohen&oldid=1008241615, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles having same image on Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 February 2021, at 08:41. [6], 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. Sacha Baron Cohen in 'The Spy' as Eli Cohen. They observed a period of radio silence, in the hope that any illegal transmissions could be identified. [9], Syria refused to return Cohen's body to his family in Israel, and his wife Nadia sent a letter to Amin al-Hafiz in November 1965 asking his forgiveness for Cohen's actions and requesting his remains. 1. ms Cohen hanging from scaffold in public, Martyr's Square. [24], 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. Young Israeli husband Eli Cohen is recruited by the Mossad in the early 1960's and sent to Syria. 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. [11], He was then given a false identity as a Syrian businessman who was returning to the country after living in Argentina. [7], The Egyptian government increased their persecution of Jews and expelled many of them, and Cohen was forced to leave the country in December 1956. [7][9] The Israel Defense Forces recruited him in 1957 and placed him in military intelligence, where he became a counter-intelligence analyst. 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. Egyptian authorities uncovered the spy ring and sentenced two of the members to death. Eli Cohen is buried on a Syrian army post. Fifty-four years after his death by hanging in Damascus, he still remains a revered figure in Israel. They successfully detected radio transmissions and were able to triangulate the transmitter. She was married to him only for a few years from 1959 to his death in May 1965, but never remarried because of her deep love for him and raised their three children alone. Cohen would pretend to be drunk to encourage such conversations, to which he paid close attention. He studied at Cairo Farouk University. His body was never returned to Israel. In January 1947, he chose to enlist in the Egyptian Army as an alternative to paying the prescribed sum all young Jews were supposed to pay, but was declared ineligible on grounds of questionable loyalty. “I … They had three children—Sophie, Irit, and Shai—and the family settled in Bat Yam. [8], Cohen was found guilty of espionage by a military tribunal and sentenced to death under martial law. Eli Cohen, Israel’s greatest known spy, is the stuff of legends. The purposes of that visit were to pass on intelligence and to enable him to witness the birth of his third child. He had been repeatedly interrogated and tortured. 3. mcu Cohen hanging with placards over his chest with ARABIC text. A few days prior to his execution, he penned this poignant letter to his wife and family, knowing that it would be his last. Syrian counterintelligence eventually uncovered the spy conspiracy and convicted Cohen under pre-war martial law, sentencing him to death and hanging him publicly in 1965. Eliyahu ben Shaul Cohen was born in Alexandria, Egypt in December 1924.

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