At the Guardian, Stephen Kinzer is correct to point out that the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy was an act of Palestinian terrorism, specifically tied to RFK’s support for Israel.

But the lesson he draws from this is simply vile: Stephen Kinzer: Robert Kennedy’s assassination was an eminently political act.

Far from being a “maniacally absurd” crime, as Newsweek concluded, the Robert Kennedy assassination was in fact an eminently political act. It was the first “blowback” attack the United States suffered as a result of its Middle East policies. …

If Israel had never come into existence, or if the United States had not supported it, or if Kennedy had not reaffirmed that support, Sirhan would probably never have pulled his trigger.