▁over ▁whether ▁the ▁bomb s ▁were ▁in ▁fact ▁plant ed ▁by ▁the ▁M oss ad ▁or ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁Z ion ist ▁under ground ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁encou rage ▁Ira qi ▁Jews ▁to ▁imm igr ate ▁to ▁the ▁newly ▁created ▁state ▁of ▁Israel ▁or ▁whether ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Arab ▁anti - J ew ish ▁extrem ists ▁in ▁Ira q . ▁The ▁issue ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁law su its ▁and ▁in qui ries ▁in ▁Israel . ▁ ▁The ▁true ▁identity ▁and ▁objective ▁of ▁the ▁cul pr its ▁behind ▁the ▁bomb ings ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁controvers y . ▁ ▁A ▁secret ▁Isra eli ▁inqu iry ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁found ▁no ▁evidence ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁ordered ▁by ▁Israel ▁or ▁any ▁mot ive ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁explained ▁the ▁attack , ▁though ▁it ▁did ▁find ▁out ▁that ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁witness es ▁believed ▁that ▁Jews ▁had ▁been ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁bomb ings . ▁The ▁issue ▁remains ▁un resol ved : ▁Ira qi ▁activ ists ▁still ▁regularly ▁charge ▁that ▁Israel ▁used ▁violence ▁to ▁engineer ▁the ▁ex od us , ▁while ▁Isra eli ▁officials ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁veh ement ly ▁den y ▁it . ▁Histor ian ▁Mos he ▁G at ▁reports ▁that ▁" the ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁bomb s ▁had ▁been ▁thrown ▁by ▁Z ion ist ▁agents ▁was ▁shared ▁by ▁those ▁Ira qi ▁Jews ▁who ▁had ▁just ▁reached ▁Israel ". ▁Soci ologist ▁Phill ip ▁M endes ▁back s ▁G at ' s ▁claims , ▁and ▁further ▁attributes ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁to