Editing Lavon Affair (section)

===Subsequent revelations and inquiries===
In April 1960, a review of minutes from the inquiry found inconsistencies and possibly a fraudulent document in Gibli's original testimony that seemed to support Lavon's account of events. During this time it came to light that Elad (the Israeli agent running Operation Susannah in Egypt) had committed perjury during the original inquiry. Elad was also suspected of betraying the group to Egyptian authorities, though the charges were never proven. He was eventually sentenced to a jail term of 10 years for trying to sell Israeli documents to the Egyptians in an unrelated matter. Ben-Gurion scheduled closed hearings with a new board of inquiry chaired by [[Haim Cohn]], a Supreme Court justice.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

This inquiry found that the perjury indeed had been committed, and that Lavon had not authorized the operation. Sharett and [[Levi Eshkol]] tried to issue a statement that would placate both Lavon and those who had opposed him. Ben-Gurion refused to accept the compromise, and viewed it as a divisive play within the [[Mapai]] party.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Another investigative committee took up the matter and sided with the Cohn inquiry. Ben-Gurion then resigned from his post as defense minister. This led to the expulsion of Lavon from the [[Histadrut]] [[labor union]] and an early call for new elections, the results of which changed the political structure in Israel. The specifics of Operation Susannah were kept secret from the Israeli public at the time of the political upheaval.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}