USS Liberty Incident

A picture of Ben Shapiro as a character of Star Trek. Above, text reads 'Direct hit sir, the starship USS Liberty has been destroyed'.

Refers to an incident which took place in 1967, during which Israeli aircraft accidentally sank an American ship, the USS Liberty, killing 34 crew members. Antisemites and white nationalists often refer to the sinking of the USS Liberty to depict Israel as an ill-intentioned and conspiratorial state.

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