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Nili|ˈniːliː|
[Acronym f. Heb. Netzach Israel lo Ishakare, the strength of Israel will not lie (1 Sam. xv. 29).]
A Jewish espionage group in Turkish-ruled Palestine during the 1914–18 war.
1930H. B. Samuel Unholy Memories of Holy Land viii. 119 Aronson..leapt to prominence in the war by organizing the celebrated Nili Society..whose ‘intelligence’ was largely instrumental in the success of Lord Allenby's campaign. 1938W. B. Ziff Rape of Palestine vi. 66 Of..great importance was the voluntary intelligence service rendered by the celebrated Nili Society all over the Holy Land. 1959A. Engle Nili Spies ix. 99 Nili became the name of the espionage group, adding a new word to the Hebrew language. Ibid. xi. 113 The actual details of Nili's work were never known... But the existence of a group of people carrying on espionage and plotting rebellion could not be concealed. 1973Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 12/4 The Nili Group..sprang up during the First World War, when Turkish treatment of the Palestine Jewish community raised questions of its survival. |