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- Eli Cohen and Amin Al-Hafiz Weren’T as Close as You’D Think
- Ahmad Suidani
- Eli’s Wife
- Cohen’s Role as Deputy Defense Minister
- Amin Al-Hafiz’S Wife
- Eli Cohen’s Brother
- The 1963 Syrian Coup D'état
- Eli’s Role in The Six-Day War
Aside from Eli’s relationship with wife Nadia, the big bromance of the story is Cohen (working as Thaabet) and future Syrian president, Amin al-Hafiz. In The Spy, the pair met in Buenos Ares, with al-Hafiz using Kamel to help promote his political party - eventually appointing him Deputy Defense Minister. In reality, there is no official documentat...
Another central figure to the story is Ahmad Suwaydani. The Spy incorrectly claimed Suidani was al-Hafiz’s Director of Security. Although the part about Suidani never trusting Kamel (and helping lead to his arrest) is true, he never had the job as al-Hafiz’s Director of Security. The Spy did accurately portray Suidani’s suspicions of Cohen and pret...
According to Eli’s daughter, the family's arc presented within The Spy “hurt”. Most of all, she told Channel 12 News (viaThe Times of Israel) that it was the way the show portrayed Nadia that was the worst. Sophie Ben-Dor said the “ethnic gap” was the most offensive, with her mother being portrayed as a maid. Discussing The Spy, Ben-Dor said the jo...
Kamel Amin Thaabet becoming Deputy Defense Minister would’ve been impossible. As well as inaccuracies with how close Cohen was with al-Hafiz, the position of Deputy Defense Minister didn’t exist in Syria until 1970 - long after Cohen’s execution. Added to this, the position is restricted to military personnel, meaning a civilian like Cohen/Thaabet ...
One of The Spy’s big moments was the James Bond-esque embassy dinner where Cohen leapt out of the window, infiltrated al-Hafiz’s office, and took photographs of covert information. There was also the sensationalised moment wherein al-Hafiz’s wife grabbed Cohen by the crotch. In particular, this scene was slammed by Syrian viewers who disagreed with...
Maurice Cohen features prominently in both the fiction and real-life accounts of Eli’s life. In The Spy, Eli’s brother deduced his cover due to a cryptic sign-off about Nadia’s Singer sewing machine. In reality, Maurice learned the truth after he had a phone line installed. Speaking to Jewish Magazine, Maurice explained, “I told him I now had a pho...
The Spy depicts the bloody coup of 1963. The show plays out with Cohen holding a lavish party to distract officials, which gives al-Hafiz the chance to overthrow President Nazim al-Kudsi. Although there’s some evidence that Cohen threw parties that descended into orgies, there’s nothing to link him to the 1963 coup. Elsewhere, al-Hafiz using the co...
Eli is held as a hero by some and is said to have been crucial in ending the Six-Day War in 1967. Despite Eli’s death two years earlier, there are those who believe his intelligence helped bring the Six-Day War to a close. Madhi Zahreddine escorted Eli to the Syrian front in 1962, meaning there was a five-year gap between these events and the end o...
Sep 5, 2019 · The Spy shows Cohen growing close to Hafez and a group of Syrian conspirators known as the Ba’ath Party, who are preparing to seize power in the country. In real life, the group of radicals took...
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Aug 2, 2022 · Yes, The Spy is based on a true story. Born in Alexandria in 1924, Eli Cohen always wanted to do something great with his life. He was dedicated and passionate, and above all, he had great instincts that worked in his favor a number of times.
Sep 6, 2019 · Now, Netflix is getting into the intelligent agent game, with its latest miniseries, The Spy. But this 1960s period piece, set in Israel, feels like something that could have happened in real...
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Sep 7, 2019 · Legendary Israeli agent Eli Cohen embedded himself into the upper crust of Syrian society, providing intelligence to the Jewish state crucial to its victory in 1967's Six Day War.
Sep 6, 2019 · The “Borat” actor plays it straight in a show about late Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who penetrated the upper echelons of Syrian society in the 1960s.
