Palestinian Terror Stretches Back to RFK Killing -Paul Kujawsky
June 5 is the 40th anniversary of the first act of Palestinian terrorism against America - the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan [pictured above]. While Kennedy's 1968 murder is a defining moment in American history, his killer's motive has faded from memory.
The war [of Independence] drove Sirhan's family into the Jordanian-occupied Old City of Jerusalem. The child was deeply affected by the war. He grew up with a bitter hatred of Israel and Zionists.
Sirhan hated America for its support of Israel. His anger gradually fixed on Robert Kennedy, who promised to send 50 fighter jets to Israel if elected president. He wrote in his notebook: "Kennedy must die by June 5th" -- the first anniversary of the Six-Day War.
After his arrest, Sirhan said: "I can explain it. I did it for my country."
Palestinian terrorists recognized Sirhan as one of them. On March 1, 1973, with Sirhan serving a life sentence (California having invalidated [the] death penalty in 1972), PLO terrorists invaded the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, taking [three western] hostages. The terrorists demanded a prisoner exchange: They wanted the release of Sirhan. When President Richard Nixon refused to negotiate, PLO chief Yasser Arafat personally ordered the murder of the three diplomats.
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