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August 31, 2021

The Man Who Killed Robert Kennedy Out of Hatred for Israel Shouldn’t Go Free

Sirhan Sirhan is unrepentant.

On June 5, 1968, a Palestinian radical named Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert Kennedy, who was then a senator and presidential candidate. Sirhan, who has stated clearly that he committed the murder because of Kennedy’s support for Israel, received a death sentence the next year, which was then commuted to life in prison. Last Friday, California officials recommended him for parole. Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, Robert Kennedy’s son, urges Governor Gavin Newsom to reject the request:

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