Lavon Affair

:For other meanings of "Lavon", see Lavon (disambiguation).

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The Lavon Affair refers to a widespread political scandal in Israel that followed an Israeli covert operation in Egypt known as Operation Suzannah. It led to the resignation of several Israeli officials and politicians, and ultimately to the retirement of David Ben-Gurion from active political life.

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Political - Scandal - Israel - Covert operation - Egypt - David Ben-Gurion

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It became known as the Lavon Affair or cryptically as the Unfortunate Affair (Hebrew: העסק הביש HaEsek HaBish), after the Israeli defense minister Pinhas Lavon, who was forced to resign because of the incident.

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Cryptic - Hebrew - Pinhas Lavon

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