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On Bobby Kennedy's 40th Yahrzeit: Articles He Wrote from Palestine 60 Years Ago; Support any friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance By Warren Bass pages 50 (the last paragraph) and 51. Life magazine page 34; Bobby Kennedy and the history of pro-Israel candidates
Describing the protection of Israel as a moral and national commitment, he was the first to introduce the concept of a 'special relationship' (as he described it to Golda Meir) between the U.S. and Israel. [40] President John F. Kennedy in 1962 sold Israel a major weapon system, the Hawk antiaircraft missile.
Yad Kennedy (Hebrew: יד קנדי, Kennedy Memorial), located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963. The 60-foot high (18 m) memorial is shaped like the stump of a felled tree, symbolizing a life cut short. [1]
Since World War II, Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, to the tune of $158 billion in military aid. Since World War II, Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S ...
The state of Israel was nevertheless founded under prime minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948 with the end of the British Mandate, winning immediate recognition from the US and Soviet Union ...
In 1960, Kennedy stated: "Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom". [66] Beginning in spring 1961 Kennedy and Nasser began exchanging letters. [67]
Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr offered staunch support for Israel in a Reuters interview, calling it a "moral nation" that was justly responding to Hamas provocations ...
It was founded as a tax-exempt umbrella organization of American Jewish groups, which focused on Israel and included the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), Hadassah, and other Zionist organizations active in the United States. It acted as an umbrella group for public relations, outreach, and lobbying on Capitol Hill.