Editing Zikhron Ya'akov (section)

==Nili spy ring==
Zikhron Ya'akov came to fame during [[World War I]] for the establishment of the [[Nili]] spy ring by [[Sarah Aaronsohn]], together with her brothers, [[Aaron Aaronsohn|Aaron]] (a noted [[botanist]]) and [[Alexander Aaronsohn|Alex]], and their friend [[Avshalom Feinberg]]. The group volunteered to spy on [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] positions and report them to British agents offshore. In September 1917, the Ottomans caught one of Sarah's [[carrier pigeon]]s and cracked the Nili code. In October, they surrounded Zikhron Ya'akov and arrested Sarah and several others. After four days of torture, they planned on transporting Sarah elsewhere, she requested to be taken home to change her clothes. Once home she shot herself with a pistol hidden in her bathroom and died after several days. Sarah shot herself in the throat, leaving her unable to speak, in order to avoid releasing classified information. Sarah is buried in the Zikhron Ya'akov cemetery. The Aaronsohn House–Nili Museum recreates the history of this period.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}