page_title: Gamliel Cohen
section_title: Mossad
hierarchical_section_title: Gamliel Cohen / Mossad
caption_attribution_description: עברית: עליזה וגמליאל ברומא
context_page_description: Gamliel Cohen was "one of the fathers of Israeli espionage". Much of his life was spent living under various false identities in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. A deep-cover Mossad agent, he infiltrated neo-Nazi groups as well as governments that were hostile to Israel. Cohen wrote a book about the undercover unit he helped to create inside the Palmach, which was posthumously published by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Galili Center for Defense Studies. Nearly all of Cohen's work at Mossad remains classified today, and his very existence was only publicly acknowledged after his death.
context_section_description: Cohen joined Mossad shortly after the State of Israel was created.  He worked under deep cover in France during the 1950s.  Posing as a journalism student, he was hired as a clerk at the Syrian Embassy in Paris.  Cohen's work took place prior to today's peace treaties and trade deals which Israel currently enjoys with several of its Arab neighbors.  His job at the Syrian embassy provided him access to sensitive political and military documents, which he secretly photographed and sent the film to Israel.
caption: Gamliel and Aleeza Cohen in Rome
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