Our Worst Ally A documented record of a close ally's conduct against American interests.

Category 02 of 05

Military & False Flag Operations

Attacks, deceptions, and false-flag operations involving Israeli forces — including incidents that killed Americans and went unaccounted for.

  1. The King David Hotel Bombing 1946 The Irgun, led by future Israeli PM Menachem Begin, bombed the British headquarters in Jerusalem, killing 91. Begin was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; the U.S. has never characterized the bombing as terrorism. →
  2. The Lavon Affair / Operation Susannah 1954 Israeli military intelligence recruited Egyptian Jews to bomb American and British facilities in Egypt and frame Egyptian nationalists. Israel denied involvement for 51 years, then honored the surviving operatives in 2005. →
  3. USS Liberty 1967 Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attacked a clearly marked U.S. Navy intelligence ship for two hours, killing 34 Americans. The Navy's own chief counsel later swore that LBJ and McNamara ordered the inquiry to find 'mistaken identity' despite evidence to the contrary. →
  4. Israeli Arms Sales to U.S. Adversaries 1980–2005 Over two decades, Israel transferred U.S.-funded military technology to China and maintained extensive arms and nuclear cooperation with apartheid South Africa, prompting repeated U.S. sanctions — and no lasting consequences. →
  5. American Citizens Killed by Israeli Forces 2003–2026 Three American citizens — an activist, a teenager, and a journalist — were killed by Israeli forces in separate incidents across two decades. The circumstances of each differ and intent is contested in varying degrees, but they share one documented feature: the United States, presented with the killing of its own citizens, declined to impose meaningful accountability. →