{"id":198620,"date":"2023-12-06T17:23:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=198620"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:24:27","slug":"rfk-jr-endorses-the-zionist-war-in-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=198620","title":{"rendered":"<h1><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RFK Jr. Endorses the Zionist War in Palestine<\/span><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Renee Parsons<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the world crumbles around the edges with accelerated attacks in Gaza, military skirmishes in Syria and Iraq, a broken southern border and a US financial system threatening imminent disintegration, a majority of Americans are operating under the assumption that the 2024 election will solve all its problems.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the conflict in Gaza escalates with increased Palestinian deaths, prominent national political leaders have spoken in support of the Zionist regime as all<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>presidential candidates also support the Zionist campaign to eliminate the indigenous Palestinian people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of the distinguished political family began his quest for the Presidency as an outspoken critic of US foreign policy. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In early May, I wrote perhaps the first analysis of his candidacy as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/us-foreign-policy-has-collapsed-rfk-jr-pledges-close-800-us-bases-bring-american-troops-home\/5817951\"><span class=\"s2\">courageously<\/span><\/a> articulated the collapse of US foreign policy with<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>his intent to close eight hundred US bases around the world. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Some months later, well before the October 6<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> event in Gaza, Kennedy inexplicably flipped.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Quite suddenly he was enunciating a policy toward Israel that contradicted almost every foreign policy objective he had previously supported including an unprecedented genocide campaign.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He has now gone full-bore in the role as a first-class champion for the diabolical Zionist regime when, in recognition of Elie Wiesel\u2019s death, Kennedy \u2018<i>affirmed the commitment he stood for<\/i> \u2018<i>never again<\/i>\u201d which may further lock Kennedy in to a military response in the Middle East.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An opponent of the Ukraine war once his son, who served as an international volunteer was home safe, Kennedy has failed to equate the Zionist slaughter of thousands of Palestinian children with the children represented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Children\u2019s Defense Fund<\/span><\/a> of which he founded and participated as Chair for many years \u2013 as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<i>unwavering in defense against any attack on children<\/i>.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So now we know he meant only American children \u2013 and that presumably he had not yet learned that <b>all God\u2019s children<\/b> are blessed and sacred.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nor has Kennedy stepped up to offer his insights with critical commentary or focus on the foreign policy implications of the conflict as it might impact an expanded war with Iran, spreading to the Islamic world until ultimately blossoming as WW III \u2013 nor has Kennedy taken the opportunity to propose an alternative to war in the Middle East.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From a Navy family, Kennedy seems totally unfamiliar with Israel\u2019s attack on the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/israel-attacks-uss-liberty\"><span class=\"s2\">USS Liberty<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> in 1967,<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> its history of terrorism as it blew up the King David Hotel or Israel\u2019s devolution into a sadistic tyrannical state with an exceptional lack of humanity. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>More recently, Kennedy appeared to absolve Israel of any responsibility regarding Gaza fatalities, questioning whether the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/chartable.com\/podcasts\/earn-your-leisure\/episodes\/156417275-robert-f-kennedy-jr-says-israel-has-done-all-it-can-to-save-lives-in-gaza\"><span class=\"s2\">civilian casualties<\/span><\/a> is accurate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Skirting direct comments on the Palestinians and its role in the conflict, Kennedy remains focused on Israel, as if Zionists making gardens in the desert is what matter while the real question is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renegadetribune.com\/rfk-jr-deletes-tweet-praising-roger-waters-pledges-support-for-israel-and-joins-pro-israel-march\/\"><span class=\"s2\">where do his loyalties<\/span><\/a> lie?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When Kennedy, in explanation for his participation in the Israel Day March <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renegadetribune.com\/rfk-jr-deletes-tweet-praising-roger-waters-pledges-support-for-israel-and-joins-pro-israel-march\/\"><span class=\"s2\">waving a Zionist flag<\/span><\/a> said \u2018<i>my family has a long relationship with Israel.<\/i>\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Exactly what does he mean?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"> ***<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1684749896333574144?ref_src=twsrc%255Etfw%257Ctwcamp%255Etweetembed%257Ctwterm%255E1684749896333574144%257Ctwgr%255E96e1caea0eb405edea0a6bfd2cde4f6d0f0d56d6%257Ctwcon%255Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fthegrayzone.com%252F2023%252F08%252F03%252Frfk-jr-israel-palestine-dialogue%252F\"><span class=\"s2\">interview with Rabbi Shumley<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Boteach<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> where RFK fully revealed his level of secular<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>conviction yet confirmed he was grossly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1710689115522371772\"><span class=\"s2\">uninformed<\/span><\/a> about basic truths of life in Israel: daily conquest, harassment and provocation of the population,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>IDF\u2019s reputation for brutal abuse of Palestinian children and, as an illegal occupied force, theft of Palestinian land during the 1948 war and again during the 1976 war. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From there his comments spun common deceptions about Israel as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018<i>free to practice any religion you want\u2019<\/i> as the \u201c<i>only place open to criticism of the government<\/i>\u201d as he promised to make the \u201c<i>moral case of Israel\u201d<\/i> which now, 60 days into the Gaza conflict would appear to be not only futile but entirely disingenuous. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Citing \u2018<i>freedom of expression for all citizens<\/i>,\u2019 RFK continues to resist any assertion of Israel as an apartheid state or that oppression of Palestinian as an indigenous population is a regular occurrence. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In sync with Israeli policy, Kennedy supports a no development of nuclear weapons for Iran while Israel has an unconfirmed number of perhaps two hundred nukes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Without ever signing onto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/topics\/non-proliferation-treaty\"><span class=\"s2\">Nuclear Proliferation Treaty<\/span><\/a>, Israel is one of a handful of nations with nuclear weapons that has refused to sign onto the NPT. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Did RFK really mean to defend Knesset members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2022\/09\/14\/israel\/the-rise-and-rise-of-itamar-ben-gvir-the-far-right-politician-holding-the-key-to-israels-next-coalition\"><span class=\"s2\">like Ben Gvir<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/article\/netanyahu-rabin-and-the-assassination-that-shook-history\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Netanyahu<\/span><\/a> who \u2018cooperated\u2019 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/labor-chief-michaeli-rabin-was-assassinated-with-netanyahus-cooperation\/\"><span class=\"s2\">assassination<\/span><\/a> of former Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin for enacting the Oslo Accords or excuse the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Zionist war criminals<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> or that the Israeli judiciary is the \u201c<i>most humane judiciary in the world\u201d?<\/i> As his campaign continues to define \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/opinion\/rfk-jr-tells-voters-absurd-to-call-israel-apartheid-state\/ar-AA1k0txC\"><span class=\"s2\">apartheid\u2019<\/span><\/a> as \u2018<i>absurd\u2019<\/i>, there is a noticeable decline in its forward-thinking agenda and he may no longer be counted on to speak truth to power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"> ***<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Since the Kennedy family suffered so tragically by political assassinations and that the Biden Administration has irrationally refused to provide him with secret service protection, the Israel government\u2019s public announcement that they intend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/israel-is-planning-global-assassination-campaign-wall-street-journal\/\"><span class=\"s2\">to pursue political assassinations<\/span><\/a> outside of Gaza should raise more attention as it resonates more personally.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Are the Zionists assuming the role of revolutionary Marxist assassins at the same time they declare themselves to be a functioning democracy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s4\">In the 1950s, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmea.org\/north-america\/aipac-election-role-raises-question-of-foreign-agent-registration.html\"><span class=\"s2\">Eisenhower administration<\/span><\/a> repeatedly insisted that the American Zionist Council (AZC) register as \u201cagents of a foreign government\u201d which they never did.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In Nov. 1962, Attorney General Robert Kennedy\u2019s Department of Justice ordered AZC to register as a foreign agent because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/nsd-fara\"><span class=\"s2\">FARA<\/span><\/a> violations, alleging that it was being funded by the Jewish Agency for Israel.<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> They never did register.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Again, in 1963, AIPAC was given 72 hours to register and complete the task. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Coincidentally during that time, JFK was assassinated and AIPAC never, to this day, has ever registered as a FARA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition, President John F. Kennedy supported <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_194\"><span class=\"s2\">UN Resolution 194<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> that mandated the displaced Palestinians the \u201cRight of Return\u201d to Palestinian lands that had been taken by the Zionists in 1948.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Presumably, both JFK and RFK may have visited Palestine together. Here is an undated photo of RFK in the streets of Palestine and another in front of the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">King David Hotel<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> which was blown up by Irgun extremists in July, 1946.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Also an undated portion of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/sites\/default\/files\/archives\/JFKPOF\/135\/JFKPOF-135-001\/JFKPOF-135-001-p0012.jpg\"><span class=\"s2\">letter from JFK<\/span><\/a> to his father, former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy sometime in the last 1940\u2019s describing Palestine-Zionist negotiations that was found in the Kennedy library. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The shocking bottom line seems obvious that RFK, Jr. once a strong advocate for peace and children, has lost his fervor with no emotional energy to care about Palestinian suffering or the fate of 16,000 civilian fatalities, 70% of them women and children.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p5\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Renee Parsons\u00a0served on the ACLU\u2019s Florida State Board of Directors and as president of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, staff in the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, an environmental lobbyist for Friends of the Earth and a staff member of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}