page_title: Israel and state-sponsored terrorism
section_title: 1954 Lavon Affair
hierarchical_section_title: Israel and state-sponsored terrorism / 1954 Lavon Affair
caption_attribution_description: Depicted person&#58; &#32;Pinhas Lavon&#32;– Israeli politician English: Pinhas Lavon, Mapai party. עברית: פורטרט, ח"כ פנחס לבון, מסיעת מפא"י בכנסת.
context_page_description: The State of Israel has been accused of being a state-sponsor of terrorism, and also committing acts of state terrorism.
  Several sovereign countries have at some point officially alleged that Israel is a proponent of state-sponsored terrorism, including Bolivia, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.
context_section_description: The 'Lavon Affair' is an unsuccessful Israeli covert operation, code named 'Operation Susannah', conducted in Egypt in the Summer of 1954. As part of the false flag operation, a group of Egyptian Jews were recruited by Israeli military intelligence to plant bombs inside Egyptian, American and British-owned civilian targets, cinemas, libraries and American educational centers. The attacks were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Communists, "unspecified malcontents" or "local nationalists" with the aim of creating a climate of sufficient violence and instability to induce the British government to maintain its occupying troops in Egypt's Suez Canal zone. The explosions were timed to happen several hours after closing time, and did not cause any fatalities. However, an operative died when a bomb he was taking to a movie theater ignited prematurely in his pocket. In addition, two operatives committed suicide after being captured and two more operatives who were tried, convicted and executed by Egypt.
  The operation ultimately became known as the 'Lavon Affair'. Following this operation the Israeli defense minister Pinhas Lavon was forced to resign. Even though Israel denied any involvement in the operation for 51 years, the surviving members were honored by Israeli President Moshe Katzav in 2005.
caption: Israeli Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon
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