Nili (Hebrew language: × ×™×œ"×™, an acronym of a phrase from the Hebrew Bible in I Samuel 15:29: × ×¦×— ישר×ל ×œ× ×™×©×§×¨, transliterated: Netzakh Yisrael Lo Yishaker, literal translation: "The Eternal One of Israel does not lie") was a Jewish espionage network which assisted the United Kingdom in its fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Land of Israel during World War I.