USS LIBERTY CONSPIRACY RESURFACES IN AUSTRALIA - [FROM HONEST REPORTING]
Despite comprehensive investigation and evidence proving it was an accident, the canard that Israel deliberately attacked the American warship USS Liberty during the Six-Day War continues to resurface, this time in an op-ed by Tim Fischer in Australia's The Age.
Fischer disagrees with the conclusions of retired US Judge A Jay Cristol, whose definitive study put such conspiracy theories to rest. Instead Fischer contends that "If Israel did deliberately attack the most powerful nation on Earth, it knows it can do so and get away with murder" and "We now know it is from this period that Israel cheerfully began building its own atomic bomb. We know Israel will push over the edge whenever it suits, because recent history shows that it can get away with such actions."
Judge Cristol himself stated in 2003: "there is no truth in these conspiracy theories against Israel. [But] those who hate Israel, who hate Jews, and those who believe in conspiracy, will not be convinced by anything."
Read HonestReporting's comprehensive response to the USS Liberty canard here and send your comments to The Age - letters@theage.com.au
Despite comprehensive investigation and evidence proving it was an accident, the canard that Israel deliberately attacked the American warship USS Liberty during the Six-Day War continues to resurface, this time in an op-ed by Tim Fischer in Australia's The Age.
Fischer disagrees with the conclusions of retired US Judge A Jay Cristol, whose definitive study put such conspiracy theories to rest. Instead Fischer contends that "If Israel did deliberately attack the most powerful nation on Earth, it knows it can do so and get away with murder" and "We now know it is from this period that Israel cheerfully began building its own atomic bomb. We know Israel will push over the edge whenever it suits, because recent history shows that it can get away with such actions."
Judge Cristol himself stated in 2003: "there is no truth in these conspiracy theories against Israel. [But] those who hate Israel, who hate Jews, and those who believe in conspiracy, will not be convinced by anything."
Read HonestReporting's comprehensive response to the USS Liberty canard here and send your comments to The Age - letters@theage.com.au
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