Jim recently attended a mini JFK conference in San Francisco with notables like Peter Dale Scott, Bill Simpich, etc..Jim spoke about JFK and his policies regarding the Middle East at the well exclusive JFK mini conference.What is currently happening in the Middle East is very relevant. JFK assassination research continues to be VERY relevant.Jim feels Nasser has been the most influential Arab leader in the Middle East during the 20th century, perhaps ever.Nasser was not an Islamic fundamentalist, he was a Socialist. Nasser was not a monarchist he was a Pan-Arabist.Saudi Arabia did not like Nasser. Nasser believed all of the oil in the Middle East belonged to all of the Arabs.Nasser wanted funds from the oil bearing nations to create highways, schools, hospitals & development of the Middle East.Nasser felt that all of the countries in the middle east should be in a confederation, protecting their joint interests.Saudi Arabia was a monarchist country and Islamic state, inevitably the royalist families would come to blows with Nasser.For a short time Syria was united with Egypt, known as the United Arab Republic.There was a war of succession in 1963 in Yemen that Nasser got involved in.Followers of Nasser in Yemen faced off with the royalist family. Saudi Arabia backed the royalist family to weaken Nasser.Israel very much feared Nasser, believing he was the one Arab leader who could unify the Middle East against Israel.Israel tried twice to destabilize Nasser, in 1954 with the Lavon Affair & in 1956 with the Suez crisis.The Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic troops for Saudi Arabia tried to assassinate Nasser twice, once in 1954 and 1965.A perceptive Kennedy saw Nasser as opposition to the medieval Saudi Arabia and a balancing point to Israel.When questioned about he feelings regarding JFK, Sirhan expressed deep respect, as JFK was standing up for Palestine.Sirhan loved JFK. He admired that JFK was putting pressure on Israel to let the Palestinian people to return to their homes.JFK promised Arab leaders he would do his best to make Israel comply with the 1948 United Nations resolution.All of JFK’s efforts for peace in the Middle East ended with his assassination. The 1948 UN resolution has been ignored.How did JFK’s influence in the Middle East effect the Arab people? What were JFK’s goals?JFK and Nasser started a long letter writing campaign to each other that lasted until JFK was murdered.Gamal Abdel Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt, died unexpectedly Sept 28, 1970 at only 52 years of age.Kennedy had felt that John Foster Dulles had made a big mistake turning on Nasser and supporting Saudi Arabia.When Kennedy was murdered, Nasser couldn’t sleepNasser ordered JFK’s funeral to be aired 3 times as he fell into a depression.Did Nasser understand that JFK’s assassination was the beginning of the end?When Nasser died, 6 million people poured into Cairo to watch Nasser’s funeral. Watch Video Here46 people were killed and 80 injured in the stampede of people.RFK wanted the American Zionist Council to register as an Foreign lobby.Nicholas Kazenbach, after JFK’s death & RFK resigned, ended enforcement against the AZC. Now look where we’re at.Johnson gave the AZC tax break backdated back to 1956. This became the creation of AIPAC.The conflict in the Middle East and Israel was Atomic weapons.Atomic weapons is the cause of the current situation with Iran!
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