Arab–Israeli conflict

But it's the one I focused on.

Because literally within 24 hours, the FBI was tasked with asking the family, what were Sirhan's positions about the Arab-Israeli conflict? Because he had been, at least two different witnesses heard him say, I did it for my country.

and his Palestinian identity, although at the time, people referred to him as a Jordanian and still do in many ways because he did have Jordanian citizenship, but he was a Palestinian.

But regardless, it was clear that he was a foreign-born Arab, that he had said, I did it for my country.

The Jordanian government said, we really don't think this had anything to do with Middle Eastern issues, which, of course, it did.

And Jordan, too, was very dependent on American aid.

The last thing the Jordanian government wanted was his Jordanian identity, anything to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict.

splashed all over the newspapers lest it work against them.

But it's the one I focused on.

Because literally within 24 hours, the FBI was tasked with asking the family, what were Sirhan's positions about the Arab-Israeli conflict? Because he had been, at least two different witnesses heard him say, I did it for my country.

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And Jordan, too, was very dependent on American aid.

The last thing the Jordanian government wanted was his Jordanian identity.

Anything to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict splashed all over the newspapers, lest it work against them.

Perhaps ironically, the Israeli government similarly did not want or feared a great deal of attention on this because the government of Israel, and by the way, some high profile Jewish American groups like the American Jewish Community, the Anti-Defamation League, feared that Sirhan's Palestinian refugee identity might garner, which of course, if anything, it was the opposite, but they feared that might garner public sympathy for him.