Menachem Begin kills Konrad Adenauer, 1952

[David Tenner]

"The bomb, arranged in March 1952, was detected before it reached Adenauer,
but exploded killing a disposal expert and injuring two of his colleagues.
French detectives arrested five Israeli people in Paris, all of whom were
members of the Zionist group Irgun Tsvai Leumi, which Begin was linked to.

"One of the alleged conspirators, Elieser Sudit, now 82, implicated Begin in
a memoir written 40 years after the bomb went off.."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/15/germany.lukeharding

Sudit later said that "The intent was not to hit Adenauer but to rouse the
international media. It was clear to all of us there was no chance the
package would reach Adenauer." It may indeed have been unlikely that the
bomb would have reached Adenauer before exploding--but suppose it did?

[SolomonW]

Post by David Tenner
"The bomb, arranged in March 1952, was detected before it reached Adenauer,
but exploded killing a disposal expert and injuring two of his colleagues.
French detectives arrested five Israeli people in Paris, all of whom were
members of the Zionist group Irgun Tsvai Leumi, which Begin was linked to.
"One of the alleged conspirators, Elieser Sudit, now 82, implicated Begin in
a memoir written 40 years after the bomb went off.."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/15/germany.lukeharding
Sudit later said that "The intent was not to hit Adenauer but to rouse the
international media. It was clear to all of us there was no chance the
package would reach Adenauer." It may indeed have been unlikely that the
bomb would have reached Adenauer before exploding--but suppose it did?

I found this URL about the plot.
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/26715

I tend to agree with Herzel Makov, the director of the Menachem Begin
Heritage Centre, .. "that he knew nothing about Begin’s involvement in the
bomb plot."

It certainly would have stained German Israeli relations.

If some evidence had come foward to link Begin to it, the Israeli goverment
under Ben Gurion would have not hesitation about sending him for trial.

[Rich Rostrom]

Post by David Tenner
"The bomb, arranged in March 1952, was detected
before it reached Adenauer, but exploded killing a
disposal expert and injuring two of his colleagues.
French detectives arrested five Israeli people in
Paris, all of whom were members of the Zionist group
Irgun Tsvai Leumi, which Begin was linked to.
"One of the alleged conspirators, Elieser Sudit, now
82, implicated Begin in a memoir written 40 years
after the bomb went off.."

I think the biggest effect would be in Israel; Revisionist
Zionism would take a huge hit in credibility. Very likely,
a cohort of RZ leaders would be imprisoned and permanently
banned from politics.