An examination of recently declassified U.S. intelligence documents reinforces Israel’s claims that its 1967 attack on a U.S. ship was a mistake. National Security Agency historian David Hatch said intercepts of a conversation between Israel’s Air Force command and two helicopter pilots “suggest strongly that the Israeli attackers did not know they were aiming deadly fire at a vessel belonging to the United States,” though they fall short of absolute proof.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
