On 18 December 1980, it agreed to pay $6 million as settlement for the final U.S. bill of $17,132,709 for material damage to the Liberty itself plus 13 years' interest.
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But Herman thinks Israel should let Hamas attack them relentlessly from Gaza, the West Bank, the Golan heights, or from offshore with help from the Turkish Navy without responding or defending themselves because they made a mistake once while in a war for their very existence with Egypt.
Maybe Herman can explain what the USS Liberty was doing in the middle of a war zone (and don't give me any of that "international waters nonsense). If our ship was in a war zone it's not surprising it got hit.
Early this morning a bus was hit by a bomb in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The incident is being described as terrorist attack, coming just one day after the terrorist group Hamas discussed a possible cease fire.
A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people in what officials said was a terrorist attack that could complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The blast shattered windows on the bus, which was driving along a tree-lined street next to Israel's huge...
You want to talk about nonsense?
Israel mistaking a U.S. ship for an Egyptian boat. And on a clear, sunny day.
Israel planes circled the U.S.S. Liberty for hours before the attack.