Exclusive interview with the man who caught Israeli spy Eli Cohen
Exclusive interview with the man who caught Israeli spy Eli Cohen newspress_en Wed, 09/30/2026 - 14:07 Documents & Memoirs Some stories do not end when they are published; they remain open, and years later they return to you, or you return to them. You discover that what you thought you knew then was only part of a much bigger story. The story of Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria is one such…
In a 2004 interview, Major General Salah al-Dalli, who presided over the trial of Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Damascus in 1965, recounted his perspective on the enigmatic figure. According to al-Dalli, the information Cohen managed to acquire proved to be inconsequential, as he was incapable of posing significant queries without exposing himself.
He maintained that the spy managed to build connections and transmit data to Israel, but denied claims that Cohen enjoyed close ties with Syrian President Amin al-Hafiz or Baathist leaders Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din al-Bitar. Al-Dalli dismissed these assertions as fabrications concocted by Israeli intelligence.
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