Pinhas Lavon (1904 – 1976) Israeli politician, minister and labour leader (Lft) talks with Prime Minister David Ben Gurion in 1953. Lavon, best known for the Lavon Affair. The Lavon Affair refers to a failed Israeli covert operation, code named Operation Susannah, conducted in Egypt in the Summer of 1954.

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