Throughout its history, Israel has hidden its abominable human rights record behind pious

religious claims. Critics are regularly silenced with outrageous charges of anti-Semitism. Even many

Liberty crew members who managed to survive the bloody attack and dared call for an investigation.

Since the Israeli attack on the liberty, U.S. taxpayers have subsidized that country's government to the tune of $100 billion or more.

There should be no question that U.S. investigators be allowed to pursue their probe wherever it takes them and question

whoever they need to question regardless of borders. The time for secrecy has long passed on

the USS Liberty incident in both Israel and the United States. There is certainly more than

enough probable cause to conduct a serious

investigation into what really happened and why.

James Bamford, Body of Secrets, 2001.

The truth is that, like many liberal American Jews, and most American Jews are still liberal, I basically avoid thinking about where Israel is going.

It seems obvious from here that the narrow-minded policies of the current government are basically a gradual, long-run form of national suicide.

And that's bad for Jews everywhere, not to mention the world.

But I have other battles to fight, and to say anything to that effect is to bring yourself under intense attack from organized groups

that try to make any criticism of Israeli policies tantamount to anti-Semitism.

Paul Krugman, The New York Times.

April 24, 2012.

On the morning of June 8th, 1967, a United States Navy signals intelligent ship called the USS Liberty,

then in international waters near the coast of Egypt, came under attack.

First by unmarked fighter jets, and then by torpedo boats.

The Liberty was virtually unarmed, carrying only four 50-caliber machine guns,

which were suitable for not much more than repelling borders.

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