anty_krzak
19.03.07, 11:49
"JERUSALEM (AFP) - A major diplomatic row threatened to erupt between
Israel and Egypt on Monday over claims that a crack Israeli unit killed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war."
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""The Shaked Spirit" documentary broadcast a week ago claimed that the commando unit led by Ben-Eliezer during the June 1967 Six Day war had killed 250 Egyptian PoWs in the El-Arish area of the Sinai peninsula." (...)
USS Liberty
"And I believe Moshe Dayan concluded that he could prevent Washington from becoming aware of what Israel was up to by destroying the primary source of acquiring that information the USS Liberty. The result was a wanton sneak attack that left 34 American sailors dead and 171 seriously injured. What is so chilling and cold-blooded, of course, is that they could kill as many Americans as they did in confidence that Washington would cooperate in quelling any public outcry."
"I was never satisfied with the Israeli explanation. . . . Through diplomatic channels we refused to accept their explanations. I didn't believe them then, and I don't believe them to this day. The attack was outrageous "