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Netflix’s story of famous Israeli spy pales in comparison with ’87 movie
In 1987, I watched the TV movie “The Impossible Spy.” It introduced to the Western world the story of Eli Cohen, the legendary Israeli spy who, in the early 1960s, infiltrated the high command of Syria’s socialist Ba’ath Party and gathered military information that helped Israel win the 1967 Six-Day War against Syria, Egypt and Jordan.
In 2019, I viewed Netflix’s six-episode series “The Spy,” also about Cohen, but this story presented him as a James Bond character who operated in a world of flash, flesh and fantasy. Netflix rewrote history to entertain its audience.

The real story of the spy who saved Israel
 
By Lenore Richman
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Thirty-two years ago, I watched "The Impossible Spy," a 90-minute film, released on HBO On Demand. It introduced to the Western world the real story of Eli Cohen, an Israeli hero, who had become a legend in the Mideast. An extraordinary Israeli spy from 1961-1965, he infiltrated the high command of Syria's socialist Ba'ath Party and gathered military information that enabled Israel to win the 1967 Six-Day War against Syria, Egypt and Jordan.
In 2019, I viewed Netflix's six-episode TV series, "The Spy," also about Cohen, but this story presented him as a James Bon...