Nili
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NILI was a Jewish espionage network which assisted the United Kingdom in the fight against the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917 during World War I in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem. NILI was based
Avshalom Feinberg and Sarah Aaronsohn of the Nili spy ring, 1916
Yosef Lishansky of the Nili spy ring
Aaron Aaronsohn
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Aaron Aaronsohn was a Romanian-born Jewish agronomist, botanist, and political activist, who lived most of his life in Zikhron Ya'akov. Aaronsohn was the discoverer of wild emmer, believed to be "the
Nili
…Armenian genocide, the group opposed the Yishuv leadership at the time, and tried to intervene on behalf of the Armenians. Sarah Aaronsohn, her brothers Aaron and Alexander, and their sister Rivka, together with their friend (and Rivka's fiancé) Avshalom Feinberg formed and led Nili. In 1915, before the group…
Aaron Aaronsohn 1876 1919
Aaronsohn memorial home at Zikhron Ya'akov
Aaronsohnia
Final image of Aaronsohn