Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Saturday evening that he wanted to use his campaign and his possible presidency to make the “moral case for Israel” to a younger generation of Americans.
Kennedy spoke to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who leads the World Values Network, a Jewish and pro-Israel organization. Earlier this month, he was named the group’s keynote speaker on the “Case for Israel” on July 25.
Speaking to Boteach, Kennedy explained why he supports the Jewish state.
“I believe, in my heart, it is core to the values I was raised with,” noting the pro-Israel views of his father, the late Sen. Robert Kennedy (D-NY), and his uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), who advocated for Soviet Jewry.Kennedy’s father, notably, was assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, by a crazed Palestinian, Sirhan Sirhan, who targeted Kennedy on the first anniversary of the Six-Day War over his public […]
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