eli cohen

Syria hanged Israeli spy Eli Cohen in 1965. His body might be coming home.

Last year, Israel’s Mossad intelligence service retrieved the wristwatch Cohen wore in Egypt and returned it to his family.

By Marcy Oster April 15, 2019 12:26 pm

Israel retrieves wristwatch of 1960s spy Eli Cohen from Syria

A Mossad operation brought back the executed agent’s timepiece.

July 6, 2018 9:18 am

Relatives of Israeli spy Eli Cohen visit his old haunts in Buenos Aires

In 1960, Egyptian-born Eli Cohen was recruited by the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency. He was dispatched to Argentina, where he posed as an expatriate Syrian businessman, and later moved to Damascus.

April 23, 2018 1:48 am

IFCJ announces project to bring olim from FSU, countries in crisis

October 6, 2014 6:23 am

Incumbent wins in Beit Shemesh repeat election

March 12, 2014 5:28 am

Israeli arms dealers arrested for attempted arms sales to Iran

February 20, 2014 12:45 pm

Beit Shemesh mayoral vote voided due to fraud

December 26, 2013 4:33 pm

With court’s vote fraud finding, the battle for Beit Shemesh resumes

By Ben Sales December 26, 2013 10:38 am

Beit Shemesh’s Eli Cohen to JTA: ‘When I’m mayor…’

By Ben Sales October 29, 2013 2:06 pm

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