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Feb 22, 2013 · On June 8. 1967, on the fourth day of the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arabs, the USS Liberty, an American intelligence gathering vessel, found its way into the the middle of the war...
The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship , USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.
The Israeli attack on the USS Liberty was a grievous error, largely attributable to the fact that it occurred in the midst of the confusion of a full-scale war in 1967. Ten official United States investigations and three official Israeli inquiries have all conclusively established the attack was a tragic mistake.
Jul 11, 2017 · Historian (and current Kulanu lawmaker) Dr. Michael Oren, who researched the affair in depth, rejects out of hand attempts to claim Israel attacked the USS Liberty deliberately. Haaretz asked Oren last week if he has any doubts about his assertion that Israel didn’t deliberately attack the spy ship.
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Jun 9, 2015 · The victims of the day Israel attacked America. The Liberty had been sitting in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula. A spy ship, it had been gathering information as the 1967...
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Jun 6, 2017 · On June 8, 1967, an Israeli torpedo tore through the side of the unarmed American naval vessel USS Liberty, approximately a dozen miles off the Sinai coast.
The 1967 USS Liberty is largely unknown by both the American public and even many historians of the era. The Liberty incident was officially noted as an attack of “mistaken identity” by the...
