Lavon Affair

Target entity: Lavon Affair
Context triple: [Pinhas Lavon, participantIn, Lavon Affair]

• A. U-2 incident of 1960
  The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.
• B. Havana Affair
  "Havana Affair" is a fast, punk rock song by the Ramones that reflects their early raw sound and themes of espionage and Cold War tension.
• C. Iran–Contra affair
  The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
• D. Mayaguez incident
  The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
• E. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Lavon Affair
Target entity description: The Lavon Affair was a 1954 Israeli covert operation in Egypt that went disastrously wrong, leading to a major political scandal and crisis within Israel’s leadership.

• A. U-2 incident of 1960
  The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.
• B. Havana Affair
  "Havana Affair" is a fast, punk rock song by the Ramones that reflects their early raw sound and themes of espionage and Cold War tension.
• C. Iran–Contra affair
  The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
• D. Mayaguez incident
  The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
• E. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• F. None of above. chosen