The Attack on the USS Liberty Symbolizes ‘Israel’s’ Duplicity and Deceit
BY MELVIN GOODMAN
Damaged USS Liberty one day after attack (9 June 1967)
“The State of Israel will be judged not by its wealth, nor by its army, nor by its technology, but by its moral character and its human values.”
– Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, 1955, Israel’s first prime minister and defense minister.
Fifty-seven years ago during the Six-Day War (June 8, 1967), Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) brutally attacked a U.S. naval intelligence ship that was seconded to the National Security Agency (NSA) for intercepting communications in the Middle East. Thirty-four American sailors were killed in the attack, and 171 were wounded by unmarked Mirage fighter aircraft using cannons and rockets. Israeli boats fired machine guns at close range at those helping t...










