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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: February 14, 2007 |
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As he leaves for Turkey on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he expects to achieve progress in the efforts to repatriate the remains of the Mossad spy Eli Cohen, who was captured and executed in Syria in 1965.
The prime minister is relying on the mediation of Ankara and the connection Turkish Prime Minister enjoys with the Syrian leadership. Olmert believes the Turks are both able and willing to help.
Cohen, perhaps the most famous of all Israeli spies, operated on behalf of the Mossad in Syria during the early sixties, gaining the trust of Syria's military brass and political leadership and was even considered for the position of undersecretary of Syrian defense.
Cohen collected crucial intelligence data for years until he was captured in 1965 and later executed in Damascus. Despite a campaign waged by both the State of Israel and his family, the Syrians refuse to allow Cohen to be buried in Israel.
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