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Eli Cohen, publicly hanged in the Marjeh Square, Damascus, on 18 May 1965. Cohen was found guilty of espionage by a military tribunal and sentenced to death under martial law. He had been repeatedly interrogated and tortured. [7] [9] Israel staged an international campaign for clemency, hoping to persuade Syria not to execute him.
After the French took control of Syria they continued to use the square for the same purpose. Fakhri Hassan al-Kharrat, son of the Great Syrian Revolt leader Hasan al-Kharrat, was hanged there in 1925–26. [2] On 18 May 1965, Israeli spy Eli Cohen was publicly hanged in Marjeh Square. [3]
Eli Cohen, publicly hanged by Syria on 18 May 1965. Syria has publicly hanged people, such as two individuals in 1952, Israeli spy Eli Cohen in 1965, and a number of Jews accused of spying for Israel in 1969. [80] [81] [82]
18 May – Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. 19 May – The Alignment party is established as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda. 31 May – Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four. July – The 1965 Maccabiah Games are held.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the killing of 1,400 Israelis came after Palestinians had been ‘subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation’.
Alone in Damascus is the story of Eli Cohen, a former Israeli spy. This book was describes the life and death of Eli Cohen. [1] [2] In 1986, the book was first published in Hebrew in Herzliya. In 2012, the revised edition of this book was published. In 1997, the book was translated from Hebrew to Arabic.
Cohen had been arrested on allegations of negligent DUI manslaughter with a vehicle, causing "death to human or unborn child," property damage, resisting an officer and possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, according to sheriff's office records. Jail or Agency: Palm Beach County; State: Florida; Date arrested or booked: 4/2/2015
Cohen, 55, was asked about speculation that he and Mayer, 46, are more than friends during a Hollywood Reporter profile published on Wednesday, May 8. “Let them speculate! I honestly love John ...