Absalom Feinberg, a Jewish spy in Ottoman Palestine, helping the British during World War One.

Absalom Feinberg (1889 - 1917) one of the leaders of Nili, a Jewish spy network in Ottoman Palestine, helping the British fight the Ottoman Empire during World War One. In 1915 Feinberg travelled to Egypt and made contact with British Naval Intelligence. In 1917, Feinberg again journeyed to Egypt, on foot. He was apparently killed on his way back by a group of Bedouins near the British front in Sinai, close to Rafah. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)