They were also told repeatedly over radio that they were bombing an ally, and laughed in return.
I have no idea where you're getting this from. The Israelis received no transmissions, the Israelis didn't apparently contact the US Navy, and the Liberty couldn't even call a distress signal because her radio was damaged. If she had, the crew wouldn't have had to keep her afloat for 17 hours until rescue.
Israel didn't claim the Liberty was shelling nearby settlements, they claimed the Egyptians were, and claimed that the Liberty was Egyptian.
''Of course we bombed that American ship, look at the American flag she was flying. She was ASKING FOR IT!''
Nobody even noticed the flag. Why would they at 600 mph.
Again, this is why the letters and the color of the ship were more important. Which, they explicitly misidentified. Several times.
They lied about numerous aspects of the attack zero reason to believe them on this.
They were also told repeatedly over radio that they were bombing an ally, and laughed in return.
Israel also claimed the Liberty was shelling nearby settlements. The Liberty had some machine guns and no ordnace capable of striking land.
I have no idea where you're getting this from. The Israelis received no transmissions, the Israelis didn't apparently contact the US Navy, and the Liberty couldn't even call a distress signal because her radio was damaged. If she had, the crew wouldn't have had to keep her afloat for 17 hours until rescue.
Israel didn't claim the Liberty was shelling nearby settlements, they claimed the Egyptians were, and claimed that the Liberty was Egyptian.