Fatme sirhan biography of barack

(b. 19 March in Jerusalem, Palestine), Arab nationalist serving a life sentence in San Quentin State Prison in California for the assassination of Senator Robert F.

Kennedy on 5 June

Very little is known about Sirhan's early beginnings, and details on his family background are sketchy.

Fatme sirhan biography of barack obama

No one really knows what motivated the twenty-four-year-old Sirhan to kill Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, at a campaign rally in Los Angeles. Sirhan himself, when his eighth plea for parole was rejected, said, "I wish it had never happened." One thing is clear from his testimony during his trial—Sirhan deeply hated the West for its support of Israel.

Growing up, Sirhan witnessed the suffering of Palestinian refugees in the aftermath following the creation of the state of Israel. Palestinians were removed from the land they called home in order to make room for the Jewish state.

Sirhan saw this as unjust. He pointed out that Israel was "no