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notable instances in which Israel orchestrated assassinations and pinned
those atrocities on innocent parties—"false flags."
In Chapter 2 we noted how former Congressman Paul Findley had cited
two cases in which Israel indicated a willingness to sacrifice American lives
for its own interests: (a) the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty in June of 1967
and (b) the intended attack on an American reconnaissance plane that was
overflying Israel's secret nuclear bomb development site. These incidents are
particularly intriguing in light of what we will ponder in this volume.
The attack on the Liberty—it is generally acknowledged by everyone but
Israel and its defenders—was a deliberate attempt to destroy the Liberty and its
crew and to sink the vessel to the bottom of the Mediterranean. What is
most interesting, however, is the reason behind this bizarre and brutal
attack.
THE U.S.S. LIBERTY—BLAMING THE EGYPTIANS
Israel, in fact, hoped to pin the responsibility on a "false flag"—Egypt—
and draw the United States into the impending 1967 war on the side of
Israel. It is only because the Liberty did not sink and instead was rescued
that the history books don't tell us today that "the Arabs" sunk an American
spy ship and sparked another "Lusitania incident" that forced America to go
to war.
THE NUCLEAR BOMB
The second instance to which Congressman Findley referred is of
special interest inasmuch as the intended attack on an American air force
reconnaissance plane was designed to protect Israel's secret development of
nuclear weaponry. It was Israel's nuclear offensive that led President John F.
Kennedy into the "secret war" with Israel that he conducted with increasing
intensity during the three years of his short-lived presidency.
As we shall see in Chapter 5, it was the very issue of Kennedy's
intransigent opposition to Israel's nuclear arms development that became a
central part of his standoff with Israel and its Mossad. It was this conflict
that played a critical part in setting in final motion the assassination
conspiracy that ended John Kennedy's life.
What follows is an overview of some other notable instances in which
Israel utilized 'false flags" in its international criminal endeavors.
THE LAVON AFFAIR
Perhaps the best-known instance in which Israel used a "false flag" to
cover its own trail was in the infamous Lavon Affair. It was in 1954 that
several Israeli-orchestrated acts of terrorism against British targets in Egypt
were carried out. Blame for the attacks was placed on the Muslim
Brotherhood, which opposed the regime of Egyptian President Gamul