The Day Israel Attacked America

EXCLUSIVE: In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from the safety of international waters in the Mediterranean.

Israeli jet fighters hit the vessel with rockets, cannon fire and napalm, before three Israeli torpedo boats moved in to launch a second more devastating attack. Though she did not sink, the Liberty was badly damaged. Thirty-four US servicemen and civilian analysts were killed, another 171 were wounded.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JRgXie2teo

Later Israel apologized for what it claimed to be a tragic case of mistaken identity. It said that it had believed the ship to be hostile Egyptian naval vessel. US President Lyndon Johnson was privately furious but publicly the White House chose not to challenge the word of its closest Middle East ally and accepted that the attack had been a catastrophic accident.

However, as this exclusive Al Jazeera investigation reveals, fresh evidence throws new light on exactly what happened that fateful day - and the remarkable cover up that followed.

• Exclusive: Audio tapes from Israeli jets, proved Israel identified the USS Liberty as American before its forces attacked the ship in 1967.
• Exclusive: first reveal of the network of pro-Israel agents inside the Lyndon Johnson administration – identified in declassified Israeli documents by codenames – who fed secret information back to Jerusalem and worked to sway the president to cover up the attack on the Liberty
• Sole dissenting voice in the Israeli camp, documents show, was the Ambassador to US, Avraham Harman, who sent a secret cable noting the audio tapes existence, and saying those responsible should be put on trial
• Several of America’s most senior intelligence and State Department officials were convinced Israel intentionally targeted an American ship. Despite those convictions, the US Government, aware of the tapes, and receiving Russian made weapons haul from Israel, deliberately covered up the extent of the attack, and released inaccurate, watered-down reports that exonerated Israel of blame
• A media blackout on the ship and the families was issued, and a team of 300 Maltese workers worked 6 weeks to repair the ship and hide the damage before it arrived back in the US.

10/30/2014 - http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2014/10/day-israel-attacked-america-20141028144946266462.html

The Day Israel Attacked America (Al Jazeera - YouTube - 50 mins)


http://youtu.be/8JRgXie2teo

U.S. official says Netanyahu is a ‘chickenshit PM’: As the ongoing crisis in U.S.-relations continues, a report cites a senior U.S. official as saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “a chickenshit prime minister,” who only cares about his political survival. - http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.623289

Israeli Cartoonist Compares Netanyahu to 9/11 Hijackers - https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/527684198358716416/photo/1

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A political cartoonist for the left-leaning Israeli daily Haaretz has come under fire for likening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to one of the 9/11 hijackers. The artist said the cartoon was intended to show the Israeli PM's misguided US policy. - http://rt.com/news/201239-israel-cartoonist-netanyahu-september11/

Haaretz Refuses to Back Down in Storm Over Cartoon Depicting Netanyahu as 9/11 Hijacker - http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/haaretz-refuses-back-down-storm-cartoon-over-depicting-netanyahu-9-11-hijacker-1472686

"USS Liberty: Dead In The Water" (BBC Documentary 2002)

"USS Liberty: Dead In The Water" (BBC Documentary 2002)

Published on May 16, 2012

On June 8th, 1965, during the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed and over 170 wounded in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats.

Israel claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident based on mistaken identification of the ship. The American government accepted the explanation. For more than 30 years many people have disbelieved the official explanation but have been unable to rebut it convincingly.

Now, "Dead in the Water" uses startling new evidence to reveal the truth behind the seemingly inexplicable attack. The film combines dramatic reconstruction of the events, with new access to former officers in the US and Israeli armed forces and intelligence services who have decided to give their own version of events. Interviews include President Lyndon Johnson's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, former head of the Israeli navy, Admiral Shlomo Errell, and members of the USS Liberty crew.

More on this story at:
http://tinyurl.com/USSLiberty

Listen to USS Liberty survivor, Phil Tourney's radio program, "Your Voice Counts", Saturdays at 7PM EST on the Republic Broadcasting Network
http://republicbroadcasting.org

Phil's book, "What I Saw That Day" which gives a survivor's view of what happened
http://www.amazon.com/Israels-Holocau...

Political commentary by James Morris
Wake Up America! Your Government Has Been Hijacked By Zionism
http://america-hijacked.com

Date correction

1967, not 1965.

OPERATION CYANIDE

http://www.amazon.com/Operation-Cyanide-Bombing-Liberty-Nearly/dp/1904132197

Peter Hounam reveals that the attack was part of a clandestine plan between the US and Israel known as "Operation Cyanide," designed to ensure victory for Israel in the Middle East. By blaming the attack on the Arab world, retaliation on a grand scale would be justified.