So are the Israelis finally admitting that the story is true 55 years later? Haaretz:
The Lavon affair – also known locally as esek habish, "the rotten business" – was a plan to discredit Egypt’s government, then headed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, by bombing theaters, post offices and U.S. and British institutions, and making it seem as though Egypt was behind the bombings.