Nope.
The Israelis asked the US Ambassador about US vessels in the war zone and were told there were none. So, they attacked a suspicious ship in the war zone. Unfortunately, that ship was the USS Liberty.
Our fault.
BULL....
A pile of BS. The liberty had a TRSS antenna system along with a number of sleeve antennas which completely changed its physical appearance from an ordinary vessel. Typically you strike for the bridge or engineering spaces when possible. For the liberty they struck the forward cargo area repeatedly and never the engineering. Why because that was were their operational equipment was located and operated by CTs.
No other ship had a huge tower with a X-band disk antenna mounted aft of the bridge.
And of course the Egyptians would not hesitate to false flag a vessel, so the ambassodor's answer sealed the Liberty's fate. It is very likely that the ambassador was not aware of the Liberty's presence.
Lyndon Johnson shenanigans...one of our worst presidents.
“our fault?”
Since when did we cede “our” rights to freedom of the seas to another government?
The USS Liberty was flying the Stars & Stripes, big as the state of Texas. And the Israeli pilots strafed our sailors when they were in the water. Mistake my pink buttocks!
There are also NSA tapes which recorded the Israeli pilots discussing the attack having no idea they had hit an American ship. More importantly the headline is misleading. This was not to dredge up the controversy over the Liberty it was to avoid a replay which all sides can agree is desirable.