Posted on 06/05/2008 4:48:50 AM PDT by Renfield
....Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, brother of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former U.S. Attorney General, was the leading Democratic candidate for president when he was gunned down at a primary victory celebration in California on June 5, 1968. His Palestinian assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, said he killed Kennedy due to his vocal support for Israel.
In April 1948, one month before Israel declared independence, Robert Kennedy, then 22, traveled to Palestine to report on the conflict for the Boston Post. His four dispatches from the scene were published in June 1948. The newspaper closed in 1956, and for decades the reports were virtually forgotten.
Kennedy arrived in a chaotic and dangerous land on the eve of the British departure. Jewish Jerusalem and the Jewish Quarter of the Old City were under Arab siege and regular Arab armies were pouring into the territory. The British authorities were hampering Jews' efforts to defend themselves and were even countenancing Arab attacks against Jews.
Kennedy was liberal in his praise of the Palestinian Jews (only one month later did the name "Israel" and the term "Israelis" come into being). "The Jewish people in Palestine who believe in and have been working toward this national state have become an immensely proud and determined people," Kennedy wrote. "It is already a truly great modern example of the birth of a nation with the primary ingredients of dignity and self-respect."...
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Someone should take Sirhan Bishara Sirhan out of storage and dust him off. Maybe give him jailhouse interview or two. Something tells me he’d be tickled pink to tell his side of the story. For four decades the lib media has treated him as though he were from planet Zorgon IV rather than Palestine. He would be happy to tell us why he did what he did. He is NOT and NEVER was—insane.
America needs a reminder of the real story.
Like Lee Harvey Oswald being a communist, a pet palestinian killing Bobby does not fit with the lefty worldview.
Palestine? There is no such country.
For the first time, I heard Sirhan Sirhan described as a christian. Yes, Foxnews reported it.
It’s a good point.
High Volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel. or WOT [War on Terror]
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GRRRREAT points. The propagandists control the debate. Perhaps a REPORTER from freerepublic.com could have an extensive interview with him.
No joke.
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