Eli Cohen (spy)

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul Israel's judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

March 25, 2023, 12:05 pm

‘Rally for freedom’: 12th week of protests as government to pass key overhaul bill

Organizers hope Saturday will see largest demonstrations to date; Tel Aviv event timed so Sabbath-observers can join; Yuval Harari, Tzipi Livni, daughter of spy Eli Cohen to speak

By ToI Staff

Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria in the 1960s. (PMO)

December 12, 2022, 4:32 pm

Mossad head reveals how Syria found Eli Cohen, discloses spy’s final message

Inaugurating museum named for legendary secret agent, Barnea says Cohen was caught because his cables were ‘intercepted and triangulated,’ not because he transmitted too frequently

By Tobias Siegal

The buildings and surrounding wild countryside of Pereh, one of Israel's newest boutique hotels that opened in June 2021, in the southern Golan Heights (Courtesy Aya Ben Ezri)

June 21, 2022, 4:20 pm

Thanks to Sykes-Picot, history and luxury mingle at Golan battlefield-turned-hotel

At Pereh, historic early 20th-century French customhouses have been restored to new glory, after a prolonged brawl with Israeli bureaucracy

By Jessica Steinberg

A man waves a Palestinian flag as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day outside the capital's Old City on May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

June 6, 2022, 4:16 pm

Palestinian flag emerges as flashpoint as tensions simmer across Israel

As MKs advance bill to ban waving the flag at state-funded institutions, activists declare ‘it is our right to raise our Palestinian flag’ as a minority group

By Agencies

Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)

March 9, 2021, 7:24 pm

Russia said to give Israel item that may have belonged to executed spy Eli Cohen

Netanyahu’s office denies report, but PM confirms searches in Syria for Mossad agent’s body; Cohen’s daughter: PM didn’t tell us, don’t know if this is ‘only political spin’

By ToI Staff

This undated photo shows Israeli spy Eli Cohen, in Syria, wearing a wristwatch recovered by the Mossad in 2018. (Prime Minister's Office)

March 1, 2021, 4:31 am

Widow of spy Eli Cohen casts doubts on report Russians searching for his remains

Nadia Cohen says she has received no new information despite report on Arabic website that Russian soldiers in Syria have been looking intensively for his burial site

By ToI Staff

Screen capture from video said to show Israeli spy Eli Cohen walking along a street in Damascus, Syria. (YouTube)

February 21, 2021, 9:18 pm

Russian state media shows allegedly unseen footage of top Israeli spy Eli Cohen

Short clip, aired as part of documentary on espionage in Syria during the 1960s, shows man believed to be the legendary Mossad agent walking down Damascas Street, near air force HQ

By ToI Staff

The view of the Sea of Galilee from a former Syrian Officers' Club visited by Eli Cohen in northern Israel. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

July 18, 2020, 8:13 am

In the footsteps of a spy: Exploring the Golan’s Eli Cohen Trail

Route memorializing legendary Israeli agent includes former Syrian military camps and officers’ clubs, sculptures and stunning views

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/ Invision/AP)

December 9, 2019, 10:16 pm

Sacha Baron Cohen lands Golden Globe nomination for Israeli spy role

Comedian starred as Eli Cohen in Netflix drama ‘The Spy’; thanks ‘visionary’ Israeli writer Gideon Raff; ‘Mrs Meisel,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Kominsky Method’ also get nods

By ToI Staff and JTA

November 24, 2019, 11:32 pm

Son of former Syrian leader claims he can help find spy Eli Cohen’s remains

Khalid al-Hafidh, now living in New Zealand, tells local media that Mossad sought his help, but cut off contact after he demanded $1 million for services

By ToI Staff

Sacha Baron Cohen, star of the Showtime series "Who Is America?" poses before an Emmy For Your Consideration event for the show at Paramount Studios, May 15, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

November 20, 2019, 12:15 am

ADL to honor Sacha Baron Cohen for his ‘vision, imagination and creativity’

Jewish actor, comedian and director to receive leadership award at group’s annual Never is Now summit on anti-Semitism

By JTA

Sophie Ben-Dor (Screen capture: Channel 12 News)

September 8, 2019, 7:00 pm

Eli Cohen’s daughter lukewarm on ‘The Spy,’ but likes Sacha Baron Cohen’s acting

Sophie Ben-Dor laments ‘the distance from the truth’ and says ‘it hurt’ to watch the Netflix series on her legendary agent father, but understands and respects the show

By ToI Staff

Sacha Baron Cohen as Israeli spy Eli Cohen in 'The Spy' (YouTube screenshot)

September 7, 2019, 2:11 am

The real story behind ‘The Spy,’ Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Netflix series

Legendary Israeli agent Eli Cohen embedded himself into the upper crust of Syrian society, providing intelligence to the Jewish state crucial to its victory in 1967’s Six Day War

By Josefin Dolsten

August 28, 2019, 7:54 pm

Netflix airs trailer for series about Israeli spy Eli Cohen

Promo for ‘The Spy,’ starring Sacha Baron Cohen, shows undercover agent grapple with the price of the lies he must tell as he infiltrates the Syrian government

By ToI Staff

August 15, 2019, 1:48 pm

Netflix miniseries on legendary Israeli spy to drop September 6

First photos released of Sacha Baron Cohen in role of Eli Cohen, the Jewish state’s top agent in Syria in the 1960s

By ToI Staff