Assassinated by Palestinian Arab terrorist Sirhan Sirhan.
Kennedy’s daughter, Kathleen, once said, “People don’t realize my father was killed by a Palestinian terrorist because of his support for Israel.”
Sirhan cited Kennedy’s support for Phantom jets for Israel and committed the murder on the first anniversary of the Six Day War. At his trial, Sirhan confessed to the crime and declared he had committed it "with 20 years of malice aforethought." He Sirhan claimed he killed Kennedy because he was angry over Kennedy's support for Israel - the Phantom jets sale. Sirhan was born in Jerusalem to Arab Christian parents who had moved to America when Sirhan was 12.
P.S. LBD informs us:
Who knew he was a reporter in Palestine in 1948? I uncovered his reports http://alturl.com/25j4f http://pic.twitter.com/vbQTqHjH
RFK actually drove in the convoys to Jerusalem, and whenever I see a picture of the convoys I look for him. His reporting was very pro-Israel (although it was not named at that point), and, like a good Kennedy, he wasn’t fond of the Brits. Biographer Arthur Schlesinger wrote that Joe Kennedy was not happy his son was taking the trip. Neither was his girl friend who dropped him; later RFK married her sister Ethel.< br />
Who knew?
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