RFK in Palestine Issues Beyond Palo Alto, posted by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 5, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Robert F. Kennedy, the 40th anniversary of whose assasination we will mark soon, was once a 22 year old reporter for the Boston Post. In 1948 he visited Palestine.
Here are his reports of the situation as he saw them.
The most striking thing about RFK's accounts is how different in tone and detail they are from the remade history to which we have been accustomed.
The Jewish fanaticism; the Arab hatred and suspicion; British duplicity. All are in these old, nearly forgotten dispatches which should speak for themselves. Web Link