Editor’s note: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Nov. 18 said that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law. That pleased Israeli Jews who see the territory as rightfully theirs and infuriated the Palestinians who live there and claim it as their land. Here, a...
Israel's 1967 Attack On USS Liberty Still Shrouded in Mystery
Fifty-one years ago, on June 8, 1967, Israeli fighter planes and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty, a spy ship, killing 34 and wounding 171. To this day, the tragic event in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during the Six-Day War is immersed in controversy. Investigations conducted by the United States and...