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. 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 They successfully detected radio transmissions and were able to Cohen was found guilty of espionage by a military tribunal and sentenced to death under martial law. 31 May – Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four. The season finale to The Spy begins on the 24th January 1965. We then flashback to 5 months earlier; Eli is finally allowed back home and the Mossad is discussing Syria’s plan. He took a job as a bookkeeper in Tel Aviv, until he was approached by the same MI unit that had recently turned him down.Reportedly, Meir Amit, the new head of Unit 131, was actively seeking someone to work behind enemy lines in Syria, and he came upon Cohen’s previous application.By the time Cohen was recruited in late 1960, he had married the former Nadja Majald, a young immigrant from Iraq (her brother is novelist Sami Michael), with whom he would have three children. 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.

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. Get email notification for articles from David B. July – The 1965 Maccabiah Games are held. 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. 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. He also held parties at his home for high-placed Syrian ministers, businessmen, and others. To establish his cover, Cohen moved to Cohen continued his social life as he had in Argentina, spending time in cafes listening to political gossip. Published on 18.05.2015. We see Suidani and soldiers ready to storm Eli’s apartment and Nadia traveling with Dan to the Syrian embassy in Paris. Peleg was happy about Cohen's theft of the camera bag, which was not part of the plan, but which helped the Israelis; he complimented Coh… 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.

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.

Cohen had penetrated the highest echelons of the Syrian command and suspected they were hunting for a mole. 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.

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