Original sentence: Ahron Bregman, in his book A History of Israel says that the evidence points to a deliberate attack.Historians such as James Ennes have argued that the attack was deliberate and pre-meditated.However, significant doubts have been raised about Israel's explanation of what happened.Israel contends that it was assured by the United States that no U.Israel's position on the incident is that it was a case of mistaken identity and was entirely due to error.Strong doubts were raised in some press articles, for example in articles in the Christian Science Monitor of June 4 and June 22, 1982.The incident remains highly controversial because the conflicting explanations of what happened are at such odds.ships were in the area, and that its air and naval forces wrongly identified the Liberty at various stages as either a Russian intelligence ship that was providing information to the Arabs, or as the Egyptian vessel El Quseir, a horse-carrier which was approximately one quarter the size of the Liberty
Edited sentence: Even some historians who are generally sympathetic towards Israel, such as Ahron Bregman (a former officer in the Israeli army), concede that the evidence points to a deliberate attack.Historians such as James Ennes argue that the attack was deliberate and pre-meditated.However, significant doubts have been raised about Israel's account of what happened, for example in articles in the Christian Science Monitor of June 4 and June 22, 1982.Israel contends it was assured by the United States that no U.Israel maintains that the incident was entirely due to error.ships were in the area, and that its air and naval forces wrongly identified the Liberty at various stages as a Russian intelligence ship providing information to the Arabs or as the Egyptian vessel "El Quseir," which is a horse carrier one-fourth the size of the Liberty