Israel had intended to kill everyone on board, blame the attack on Egypt, and trigger direct US involvement in the war. But most of the crew managed to survive, and they hooked up an antenna to broadcast who was attacking them.
The attack was largely unmentioned in US media, and when the commanding officer was given a medal of honor, also not covered by US media, President Johnson not only did not officiate or even attend the ceremony, he called Israel to be sure it was OK.
Article also mentions there was the 1968 diversion of over 300 kgs of enriched uranium from NUMEC. (Not in this article but elsewhere I read that some informant went to Johnson directly with the story of the diversion, and Johnson just laughed.)
Also the honoring of terrorists in the Lavon Affair, in which civil institutions in Egypt were blown up in the 1950's with the intention of blaming the bombings on the Muslim Brotherhood.
Also the honoring of Jonathan Pollard in Israel. Pollard was one of the most damaging spies in US history.
And the 1980's smuggling of nuclear triggers, aided by a Hollywood billionaire.
And the murder of Rachel Corrie, who was defending the house of a medical doctor in Rafah. Rachel was repeatedly run over by an IDF Caterpillar. An Israeli court exonerated the military and blamed Rachel herself.
And going back to the bombing of the King David Hotel, which killed 91. The King David Hotel was used as an administrative center by the British. The Irgun terrorists disguised themselves as Arabs. The chief Irgun terrorist responsible for this, Menachem Begin, went on to become Prime Minister of Israel and even won a Nobel Peace Prize.
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