the jews to inherit the holyland and enjoyed the company of close jewish friends and advisers, abe portis, our ther goldberg, arthur and matilda crem, among others. johnson apparently did not direct the green light, israeli's initiation of the june 1967 war, but neither did he flash a red signal. as several israeli leaders subsequently openly acknowledged israel in 1967, as in 1956, launched the june war as a first rather than a last resort. the israelis, as well as the cia, new that israel was the more powerful force, could defeat all of the arab rivals combined, and that is precisely what israel did, initiating a blitzkrieg attack rather than seeking a negotiated settlement of maritime and territorial dispute. after the war, which included the apparently deliberate attempt to sink an american spy ship, the uss liberty, killing 34 and wounding 11 u.s. sailors, johnson reversed a generation of u.s. policy, up holding the 1949 borders. he acquiesced to the lobby in support of an occupation of arab territories that extended in myriad directions far beyond the 1949 armistice line. the lobby