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Eli Cohen (spy)
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May 18, 2025, 8:15 pm
2,500 items belonging to executed spy Eli Cohen recovered from Syria by Mossad
Covert operation retrieves entire Syrian archive 60 years after his execution in Damascus, includes passports, final will, letters, keys to his apartment
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ToI Staff
December 17, 2024, 3:09 am
Israel working via Russia to find Eli Cohen’s remains in Syria, Palestinian sources say
Following Assad’s fall, Palestinian officials tell AFP that mediators also contacted them about locating body of a soldier who has been missing since 1982 battle
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AFP
April 20, 2024, 2:40 pm
‘As though we’re in Gaza’: Hostage families rally ahead of Passover for their freedom
Highlighting loss of liberty, organizer’s adapt holiday’s theme: ‘In every generation, a person must see themselves as though they’re in Gaza’; anti-gov’t demos set for 55 locations
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ToI Staff
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
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ToI Staff
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
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
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
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Agencies
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’
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ToI Staff
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
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
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ToI Staff
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
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
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ToI Staff
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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
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
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JTA
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
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ToI Staff
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