In the early 1950s, a group of ill-trained Israeli agents staged a series of disaterous bombings of American and British institutions in Egypt, in an attempt to forestall Britain's final withdrawal drom the Suez. When the plot was revealed in 1955, defense minister Pinhas Lavon - Ben Gurion's handpicked sucessor - was foreced to resign.
In the early 1950s, a group of ill-trained Israeli agents staged a series of disaterous bombings of American and British institutions in Egypt, in an ...
