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Eli Cohen

Эли Коэн

Israeli intelligence officer, born in Alexandria to Syrian Jewish parents from Aleppo; executed in Damascus in 1965

🇮🇱 Fame: Israel🇷🇺 Origin: 🔗 Connection: Ancestry🗣 Russian: Fluent
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Profile #293
ProfessionThe Spy
Russian originAlexandria, Egypt (born); parents from Aleppo, Syria (Ottoman Empire) — no Russian Empire link
ConnectionAncestryShaul Cohen & Sophie Cohen
RussianFluent
CategoryPolitics & Public FiguresTier B
Biography

Eli Cohen — the spy with roots in the Russian Empire

Eli Cohen. Israeli intelligence officer, born in Alexandria to Syrian Jewish parents from Aleppo; executed in Damascus in 1965. No documented connection to the Russian Empire or the USSR. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, in December 1924 to Shaul and Sophie Cohen, Syrian Jews who had moved from Aleppo, then in the Ottoman Empire, to Egypt in 1914.

Russian Connection

Tracing the roots — Alexandria, Egypt (born); parents from Aleppo, Syria (Ottoman Empire) — no Russian Empire link

No documented connection to the Russian Empire or the USSR. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, in December 1924 to Shaul and Sophie Cohen, Syrian Jews who had moved from Aleppo, then in the Ottoman Empire, to Egypt in 1914.

(Correction: Syrian Jew - distinct from Russian sphere).

Family Tree
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Eli Cohen🇮🇱 Israel
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Parents
Shaul Cohen
Sophie Cohen
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Origin
Alexandria, Egypt (born); parents from Aleppo, Syria (Ottoman Empire) — no Russian Empire link🇷🇺
Key Achievements

A career defined by ambition

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Israeli intelligence officer in Syria under the name Kamel Amin Thaabet (1961–1965)
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Subject of the Netflix series The Spy (2019)
Russian diasporaRussian Empire rootsRussian speaker
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