The Most Legendary Israeli Spy | History of Israel Explained | Unpacked
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
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Did you know that one of the Jewish People’s greatest heroes was an Israeli spy who went by the name of Kamel Amin Thaabet? It sounds unlikely, but this was actually the pseudonym of Mossad agent extraordinaire Eli Cohen who infiltrated the Syrian power elite in the 1960s and used his privileged position to send confidential plans about the country’s military and government back to Israel. His story was even turned into a show by Netflix called The Spy.
Pretty cool. But how did Eli Cohen become Kamel Amin Thaabet? How did his dangerous work help Israel and what led to his identity finally being revealed?
In the latest instalment of History of Israel Explained, we bring you the story of the talented Israeli spy who put his country’s safety and security ahead of his own - even though he knew it could ultimately cost him his life.
What do you think of the story of Eli Cohen? Have you ever thought about just how far someone should be expected to go to protect their homeland or what individuals should be expected to sacrifice for their nation - or even if the nation comes ahead of the individual. Let us know what you think of this question in the comments below.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:27 The Mossad
01:22 Who was Eli Cohen?
02:24 How Eli Cohen was recruited to the Mossad
02:54 Eli Cohen's spy training
03:40 Intelligence gathering activities in Argentina
04:22 Transmitting top secret information in Syria to Israel
06:49 Eli Cohen's concerns over mistrust among Syrian leadership
07:14 The arrest of Eli Cohen
08:20 The execution of Eli Cohen
08:41 Israeli attempts to return the body to Israel
09:13 Remembering Eli Cohen, "Our Man in Damascus"
10:27 Outro
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If eli cohen wasn't caught we wouldn't know such a person existed
Makes one wonder how many persons like that existed or continues to exist whose stories are untold
Luck M a lot😂 I have an aunt who was one of them.
@@JackYoung28 stop chatting shite, if you actually had a spy for an aunt, she wouldn't be allowed to tell you. Who you trying to show off too?
Huggsmd 1 you told em
Yash Tendulkar spies are never known
The first time I tried to watch The Spy, I couldn’t separate Eli from Sacha’s characters, so I didn’t finish the second episode. Time passed and a relative told me enthusiastically that the series was great and the acting too. So, I gave it a second chance and I’m happy I did because it captures you and Sacha does justice to Eli’s story.
I will definitely check that show out now.
Eli Cohen went to unimaginable lengths with only one purpose in his life, serve his country and countrymen. He sacrificed everything that was precious to him. It is truly astonishing to see people going to such an extent when there is threat surrounding at every step. Eli has been given so much respect and love by his people is also very heart touching. That's how one should pay respects to people sacrificing their lives for their country.
I would like to end with a saying in Hindi, "Eli amar rahe", meaning Long live Eli.
It is really nice for me to see how supportive Indians are to the Israeli cause. And I'm not even Jewish! 🙂👍
@@dyawr Majority Indians love and respect Israel and its ppl
@@rahulshetty1233 Yeah, I noticed that. Kudos to you! 👏🙏 I do also. 😋🇷🇴🇮🇱
@SJ Sherbs I kind of agree with you on that. When it really comes down to it, people know their allegiance... cause it is about religion and culture, as well.
@@dyawr suuuure, these fake propaganda accounts man..
*We shall never forget the legacy of Eli Cohen* 🇮🇱
☺
Islam and Civilisation can’t coexist 😂
@@markmikhaeel They can. It's better than the defenerate godless western "civilization".
L till u see how isnotreal is
We also had raw doing a good job in that era for India
Just saw the spy, it was simply too good.👏👏✊
Truly WOW
Indeed! He was awsome
Well crafted. mediocre Work
Mathson M Successful propaganda. Swaying the naïve and lazy who let TV inform their knowledge of the world. The movie is dishonest.
Mia Brown wtf 😂
I would prefer it to be in Hebrew and Arabic, that way it is more authentic.
Salute to Great Patriot Eli Cohen
I'm currently reading a book about Mossad's assassinations. At some point it talks about Cohen, his zeal that got him caught and his horrible torture/lynching/execution.
The latter shocked the agency and his colleagues, the mossad had to take measures in consequence, understandably since he was considered one of the best agent of the mossad at the time. There's clearly a before and an after Eli Cohen in the history of the agency.
For anyone interested, i can give details on how he got caught, it's a bit more complicated than in the video (according to Ronen Bergman's book ofc).
I'm interested
@@hannibalhannibal3983 'Rise and Kill first (the story of israel's secret assassinations)'
it starts out during the palestine era (revenge for pogroms and the likes) and then the OSS (a Jewish bataillon to chase down ex Nazis) before the country starts existing. You'll have then the times like spring of youth, Bayonet, Cohen's story (The Spy is a Netflix series about him btw), or even Skorzeny, the nazi they recruited to counter the neighboring arab states developping missiles with some german engineers help (they were too focused on chasing nazis so they forgot about their neighbors who all hated them).
I'm currently reading the last days of Golda Meir and how she agreed with her interior or defense minister who insisted for a strike during a hostage crisis which resulted in the terrorists killing around 20 school girls.
Anyway, it's such an interesting book. I highly recommend it.
@@nilspochat8665 thx a lot for these info.
Cum se numește cartea bă?!?!
Interesting. I'm always intrigued by any news about Israel 🇮🇱 and follow closely, every day, news, particularly Israel's military operations. I'd love to read that book. Thank you.
This is the best spy movie I've ever seen.
Tom Tran it’s a tv show
@@kavinverma1493 Well, mini-series
nope the books were better
@@hardikparbhakar7845 could a reply be any more irrelevant that this
Tom Tran Best Zionist propaganda ever, eh?! 😃👍
began to watch tv show - Spy today at 01:00 am and finished at 08:00 am .
great story!!!
ARIF KAZIMOV Great *propaganda
Mia Brown I really don’t think anyone gives a damn..what you have to say. Just saying
Just finished watching spy on netflix👍👍👍
I finished last night. Amazing Eli Cohen
Surjan Thapa *Propaganda
Amazing serie
I watched it few days ago, still under impression 👍
Same bro😂😂✌🏻
He is basically reading Wikipedia.
U are rite
Haha
Why bother? As always. Especially the lies. There wasn’t even a Syrian embassy in S. America during that time.
no reaserch done here ,he only watched the spy
@@emmanuelosindi better story
India and Israel are so similar , we too had a spy named black tiger (Ravinder kaushik). He too went to pakistan and became a high ranking officer in their army but unfortunately captured and died in their prison 🙏
Yes but he wasn’t Jewish so he doesn’t matter 😊
@@Opine101 why does it matter if he’s Jewish or not, as a Jew I respect all religions
He became a Major in Pakistan Army and married a Pakistani Brigadier's daughter.
@@Opine101 its a channel about jews and israel use your brain
I haven’t watched any Netflix series yet, I’m just interested in Mossad, because holy hell do they know what they’re doing. They’re complete wizards as far as I’m concerned. Absolutely incredible shenanigans you hear about from time to time.
Same here
They are killers
@@hero4495 yeah, probably. But that doesn't make their antics any less amazing.
@@uzaiyaro Right I’m intrigued by them
They are defenders of their nation against millions of Arabs who want to eliminate their country - six wars so far for the existence of Israel. They are heroes, and very good at what they do. Weird that dozens of millions of Arabs are utterly incapable of building a secret service anywhere near as good as 6 million Jews created in the form of Mossad. Does their work involve necessary killings to defend their nation? Yes.
Eli Cohen was a great hero, but many such heroes have never been discovered because they were never caught.
You think Sacha Baron Cohen is just a comic - e.g. Borat - but my goodness - he is a SERIOUS actor.
I notice he was also executive producer for this series ..... I'm guessing that as a Jewish man himself he felt seriously invested in telling this story.
I just finished Netflix series The Spy 🦋 what a what a wonderful I have no word for Director Gideon Raff 👌👌👌👌👌
Mohammed irfan Saiyed It’s chock full of lies.
@@miabrown6036 Then please enlighten us all instead of spamming every reply
@@miabrown6036 get a real profile first buffoon. And I know why you being salty over Eli cohen. Whine as much as you want Israel rules
@@027calvinjose4 ok how about he was part of terrorist attacks lavon affair targeting Americans and British civilian in Egypt
@@khaleddekar2188 Have you seen the series even? Where have they denied anything related to the Lavon affair?
The events in the Spy start after Eli returns to Israel and starts a family there.So please go and watch the series first.
May his family be blessed forever.
He is a legend 👍
@@amitkenan3878 As she should really. If they wouldn't have been so greedy for more intel, maybe he would've come to live a long life alongside his family... And none of us would know about him. 🙂
The intelligence and bravery of Ellie Cohen is beyond imagination...
He was a bad man
@@lewisw1550 and why is that? because he destroied the plan of syria and other arab countrys to demolish israel?
@@lewisw1550 How so?
@@lewisw1550how?
@@astelvan2116are you guys serious ofc he was bad lol
Single handedly saved Israel. Bravest man of all time.
יהי זכרו ברוך!!!!
לא נשכח אותך אלי כהן האביר על הסוס הלבן. הבאתה גאווה לעם היהודי
How do you feel about the fact that they sacrificed him. Even though he didn’t want to go?
Eli Cohen served his country in a great manner. Congratulations.
Yes. Eli Cohen sacrified his life for his country - Israel. Daredevil. Congratulations.
Yes. Eli Cohen sacrified his life for his country - Israel. Daredevil. Congratulations.
Yes. Eli Cohen sacrified his life for his country - Israel. Daredevil. Congratulations.
Amazing Mossad...A hero of Israel!
My mom told me his story when I was younger. She grew up just a couple of blocks away from his house.
Wow, that's so cool! 👍
The scum seems to always be around its similars
Eli Cohen On TOP !!!!
I’m Lebanese and I love Eli Cohen
he was brilliant!! and looking ambiguous helps A LOT
Just finished watching the spy in Netflix. 👌👌👌
Very glad Eli family did receive the watch Eli was wearing
Respect to the Israeli government
You shouldn’t marry and have children if you want to be a spy.
Oh wow! Thanks for infos
@@rozanahwirt1311 The guys is lying lol. He became a spy after he had kids and not before
@Suhas Pawar Bullsh!t he became a spy later, you a$$
…he married and had children before becoming a spy
That could be a good cover...
Salute to a true patriot 🙏
Oh, God I wish he could live longer.
I love Israel so much.
God bless his soul.
He must in heaven.
You will see him in hell soon
god bless you on your words he is in heaven dont worry in god jehowa we trust.
@Saddam Hussein saddam in hell تفووو
@@Run_ForLifeHe's in heaven, but you and all your friends are on their way to hell
@Khalid bhatti Hameed He's in heaven, but you and all your friends are on their way to hell
Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed it. I plan on researching Eli Cohen's life after your video.
What a real life hero !!
Prayers for his soul from India 🇮🇳
He IS a terrorist
@@augen8819 The atrocities Syrian Assad Senior commited on Lebanese people was worse than terror.
The whole Lebanese Civil War was fuelled by him.
Respect from Romania 🇷🇴!!!
Eli Cohen z"l our dear brother, we will never forget you, you are always in our hearts. הי"ד
עם ישראל חי ✡
Traitor execution and we forgot
@@2009Infidel amen
@R M. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 4:
وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
"And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book, that twice would they do mischief - corruption on the earth and be elated with mighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)!" Glorious Qur'an.
@@COO415 UnhoIy qur'an = book of satan.
@@COO415 How is that message working out for you??? You have lost every war against Israel. Your great allah must be worthless as it lets its followers get whipped by us infideIs all the time.
What a great man, God bless Eli Cohen
Heartbreaking. Hard to imagine the courage. Thank you Eli and may your memory be for a blessing.
Real life James Bond Eli Cohen my highest respect such a legend
Absolute respect
Eli Cohen is my new hero.. How have I never heard of him before? I admire his bravery. I thought I was courageous, but I look like a bug compared to him.
Rat is your hero?
@@ezudyn An incredibly honorable person who sacrificed his life to protect his people.
Imagine a rat discovering an Arabic country's most classified secrets. What a shame to the Arabs
I'm on the first episode of The Spy and needed to see this 💯
So "The Spy" was completely based on true events
Very Inspiring. 🙏 Thanks.
Dinesh, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
A true hero! How much bravery it takes to live in an enemy country, knowing you could be tortured and killed any day now and finally enduring such torture knowing he would die in this foreign country without ever seeing his family ever again..
I just wish he wasn't discovered and that he would be able to go back home for good to be with his family, and then living the rest of his life as a living hero. But the Mossad wouldn't let him end his mission because they wanted more information so eventually he would have been caught...
RIP Eli Cohen. Israel owes you so much.
One of the best spies of all time
I read the book about Eli Cohen years ago!
I see Eli Cohen as one of the greatest heroes of Israel. Although there are many. Eli Cohen stands out for me!! I think Israel must get him back, at all costs, even a full war against Syria!! That they owe him and his family!!!! Shalome Eli
Yeah I don't think they show mercy to a dude that foiled their plans and cost them dearly in the 6 days war.
Just me saying
@jamsoup yeah but still; they ain't gonna show mercy to an enemy spy
Also true... They could've released his remains though. I think most civilised countries would've done that.
That was in bad taste...
@@dyawr Well yeah they should, but considering what was the norm there, no country was doing that to its citizens of spying, including Israel which to this day still refuses to handover the remains of many palestinians.
@@scorest8601 Really, Israel does that? 🤔 Hm, I expected more form them.
Did they give a reason? Like, do they want their own soldier's remains back or something?
remains of who exactly and to who?@@scorest8601
Really descriptive, interesting and well presentated video. Thanks
Here after Netflix. RIP Eli Cohen, a hero!
Freediver HD Yeah, just keep believing everything you watch on TV, dummy.
@@miabrown6036 Keep disbelieving everything there are hundreds of prooves to. Israel won a war only cause of his info. And there are recordings. What are you talking about? What dont you believe? Theres even a youtube video of his execution.
E T K Riiiight... The Spy series is loaded with falsehoods. Col. Amin Al-Hafiz denied being stationed as a military attaché when Cohen was there. He arrived in Argentina in 1962, AFTER Cohen had gone and was NOT in power while Cohen was in Syria. He was in fact an interior minister then later served as a member of a ruling council. There is no evidence that Al-Hafiz ever met Cohen except in his prison cell to ask Cohen questions about his FAILED mission.
E T K But like I said.... keep believing everything you watch on TV instead of researching it yourself. And the guy in this video is CGI. Look at his mouth.
@@miabrown6036 i know stuff not because of the media. But because i do my research. Aditionally, i live in israel so i know far more then you
What is dead may never die...
Salute Salute to such selfless Hero to give his life for their motherland
And Israel's have proved time n again that they are patriots in true sense
recién termino de ver la serie el espía! muy buena👏 soy de Argentina
He is the real Hero!!!
What a hero! Thanks to him thousands of Israelis were saved! God bless his soul amen
Damn, Syria has way more respect for Cohen's corpse than when he was alive
Israel did the same thing ironically.
Not trying to be mean but this host's mouth looks like it's edited into the video when you let the thumbnail play. It almost like CGI.
Joseph LaChance It IS CGI. The technology is here now. That dude’s mouth is creepy af. Like the horror movie Case 39.
Bababooey
HAHAHAHA
I have no idea what you mean
hahahahahaha
Great mini-history, thanks, and many thanks as well to Eli, his family and the Mossad!
Real Hero for his Country................ 👏👏👏
Eli : Cultural and military Learnings of Syria for Make intel Benefit Glorious Nation of Israelistan. Great Success!!
LMFAO...Awesome
Te agradezco por este video, pues así conozco a otro héroe de Israel contemporáneo como fue Eli Cohen.
Israel wouldnt have survived without people like Eli Cohen at the same I feel sorry for Syrians the situation they are in now I dont think they can ever rebuild.
Respect ✊ Eli Cohen
9:15, Eli was murdered or he received the death penalty for spying?
Official death sentence by public hanging
The latter.
death penalty
Thank you for the immense effort of reading from Wikipedia.
wikipedia doesnt have the cool animations and videos though
Did Mr. Reed read the same?!
I appreciate his effort. 🤷♀️ It's much easier and faster for me to listen to a quick video, than reading a loooong, sometimes boring webpage.
@@dyawr Wikipedia has an app that can read the content for you. It's almost a podcast.
@@mikhailv67tv Really? What's it called? And have you tried it, is the voice really artificial/ robotic, or rather natural/ soothing?
Excellent from Netflix. I saw this incredible life of Eli Cohen.
Wow that was a great story of Eli Cohen, a man who gave his life for his country and its citizens. RIP Eli Cohen
Amazing man. Mr. Cohen. He was a national hero.
True Patriot! RIP
Eli cohen sir was great...Natioonal hero of His country.Great contributiin...his.salute to him..No any one will born again like Eli sir.From Nepal ..great salute
I love the memory of Eli Cohen, And can never listen to the full report of how he was discovered. Had to shut the video off at 7:25. I just can't take it...
As brilliant as he was, saying he was caught “red handed”, then saying he wasn’t allowed to defend himself is quite absurd.
What a spy, nonetheless. Truly amazing talent.
The fact that even had the chance to plea for his to Israel was surprising to me. I think everyone deserves a fair trial - but if you’re in a country where this isn’t always the case then yeah don’t be surprised they didn’t let him after being caught “red handed”
@@DannyLrides being “caught red handed” means no trials, unless it’s some sort of formality that isn’t even necessary in most cases. That will always lead to a swift execution, or being put behind bars for life with no human communication or possibility of parole.
@Ananthakrishnan K thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out
At least he was afforded a Rabbi and given the privelege to write to his family before his execution.
@@tokay57 is that so? Good to know he was given some form of solace and closure. But I still have the belief that a spy should not be afforded a trial when caught in similar circumstances.
The 1.2K dislikes is by people who got their butt kicked by Cohen... 😂😂
Indain RAW agent Ravindra kaushik was also a Major in Pakistan army.. Hope u make video on him..
ı have just finished the spy on netflix. it was amazing. ı love real story from our lives. it is really good work
TURK go to sleep
@@ChanahsCreativeEdits Haha another little greek :D
No guys, he's not the greatest spy ever!
The greatest spy ever, is a spy that never got caught
Mariam Okasha absolutely. the even more successful spy is the spy you never heard of.
Not neccessarly. There is another factor that is what is the quality of info the spy brought during the years. If you have
a spy that didn't take risks and so brought less important info that he might not get cought but not neccessarly he is the
greater spy then a spy that brough a lot of important info till he was cought. Eli Cohen brought a supreme info to Israel
that heped also after hus death sitting 3 years inside the lion mouth. in fact we can't know who is the best spy ever because
we don't know who are those that did not get cought and what info did they brought but Eli Cohen is a candidate inspite he
was cought.
Sad but true
@@odedshashua2763 i am in 100% agreement with you....
Not everyone is lucky enough to never got caught.
Eli Cohen was one of the reasons for the victory at the 1967 (six days war), which could be end tragically for israel. as israel had no help from the u.s at the time, and fought alone aginst 3 countries.
Where did you learn english ? In your pedophiles' synagogue?
What a brave and loyal man
אני שמח שעשו עליו סרט, אחד הגיבורים של עמנו ז"ל.
לא חשבתי לעצמי שהשחקן של בוראט יהיה מתאים לתפקיד עד שראיתי את הסדרה
Tears dropping
What a legend! love that guy and i hope he's in heaven rn
Elie Cohen is a hero
Tremendous! What an extraordinary & multi faceted & intelligent man!
taking patriotism to another level
There are so many that we will never know about and many die in obscurity.. that is patriotism to another level for sure.
Eli wasn't murdered he died in action.
Really do you have a source?
@@user-vv5ju3fj1p he was a spy he was soldier for his country getting caught and being executed is the way spies go he died in action..
@Ali mo it's not false what he's saying
Dave Arreola he didn’t die in action. He was killed in action
Ariel respected Cohen so much for what he did to keep Israel safe. Eli saved thousands of lives. We are for ever in his debt.
there are MANY Eli Cohen streets in Israel , so this way , his memory lives on
God avenge his blood
Just a small feedback. The background behind you is really bright. Hurts the eye especially when watching your videos in dim light. Otherwise really good videos. Concise and clear.
*Another Cohen-cidence. What's new?*
*oy*
Cohen is most common Jewish surname, like Chang for Chinese. So whats your point?
@@danielabramson2464 Konami
Daniel Abramson כוכבית 9933
@@rhodesianwojak2095 *vey*
What a wonderful true story of Eli Cohen..Praise God
Yes I watched the Spy series, it's tremendous. What a genius guy is this person Eli Cohen
A true hero. How he loved his people. May his memory be for a blessing.
May his family be blesse
Salute to ELI COHEN
Wow! That’s awesome! God Bless Israel🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️
HERO!!!!!
What a hero
Melhor Serviço Secreto do Planeta de Todos os Tempos...
He was beat repeatedly in order to extract information from him but he didn't give in".
How do you know he didn't give in and provide info? Did the Syrians say that?
Yes
Who made a Bio Doc here after watching the SPY on Netflix?
Heartbreaking to see his movie on Netflix. ❤ from India
the man who singlehandedly saved the existence of Israel.. without any supprt system of Mossad in Syria... respect and love to this great spy..greetings & love to my Israeli sisters and Brthers from Bharat India 🇮🇳💖🇮🇱💖🇮🇳💖🇮🇱