Robert Kennedy's Yahrzeit (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) Remembering the Words of a Friend of Israel

With make-believe sling-shot

A young Harvard graduate, Bobby Kennedy, defied his father and decided to visit Palestine in March 1948, before "Israel" had been proclaimed.  The perceptive observer described his experience in a series of articles published in June 1948 in the Boston Post, a newspaper that closed in 1956.  Click here to read the pro-Yishuv (Jewish communities) series, including pictures provided by RFK's family.

Editor's note:  Years later his daughter told me, "My father was killed by a Palestinian terrorist [Sirhan Sirhan] because of his strong support for Israel."  He was killed on the first anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War.

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