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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Sirhan Sirhan

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., speaks to campaign workers, June 5, 1968, as his wife Ethel, left, and California campaign manager and speaker of the California Assembly, Jesse Unruh, look on, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
April 18, 2025, 11:57 pm
Trump releases 10,000 pages of records on Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination
Records include handwritten notes from assassin Sirhan Sirhan, saying that Democratic presidential candidate ‘must be disposed of,’ also wrote of desire to overthrow Lyndon Johnson
By Josh Funk and HAYA PANJWANI
In this image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
March 2, 2023, 6:02 am
Prison board denies parole for Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan
Panel reverses decision recommending freedom made by separate board in 2021, saying Palestinian who shot presidential candidate in 1968 needs better understanding of his actions
By JULIE WATSON
Sirhan Sirhan during a parole hearing in San Diego, February 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, Pool, File)
January 14, 2022, 1:21 am
‘Most notorious’: California governor denies parole to RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
Gavin Newsom says Palestinian inmate has not ‘addressed the deficiencies’ that led him to kill Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 or taken responsibility for the crime
By Don Thompson
In this image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing on Friday, August 27, 2021, in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
December 28, 2021, 10:59 pm
California governor mulls parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan
Gavin Newsom faces January deadline to decide whether to free Palestinian Christian who murdered Democratic presidential contender in 1968, allegedly for supporting Israel
By Don Thompson
Former Massachusetts US Rep. Joseph Kennedy II speaking at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, in Boston, August 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
August 30, 2021, 11:21 pm
RFK’s eldest son urges authorities to keep father’s assassin in prison
After parole board recommends release for Sirhan Sirhan, Joseph P. Kennedy II writes that others who oppose Israel and endorse violence will cheer his freeing
By AP
In this image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in San Diego. Sirhan faces his 16th parole hearing Friday for fatally shooting U. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
August 28, 2021, 8:24 pm
Six of Robert Kennedy’s kids condemn decision to parole assassin Sirhan Sirhan
Most of RFK’s living children call to reverse recommendation to free Sirhan, a Palestinian Christian who killed RFK alledgedly due to the senator’s support for Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
In this image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing on Friday, August 27, 2021, in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
August 28, 2021, 1:02 am
California parole board votes to free Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan, a Palestinian Christian angry at RFK for Israel support, weeps during hearing when asked about Middle East conflict, commits to ‘peace and non-violence’
By JULIE WATSON and brian melley
These composite photos provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation show Sirhan Sirhan from left, in Oct. 29, 2009, Sept. 20, 2012, and Nov. 22, 2013. For nearly 50 years, Sirhan has been consistent: He says he doesn't remember fatally shooting Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in a crowded kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The Jerusalem native, now 71, has given no inkling that he will change his story at his 15th parole hearing set for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in San Diego. He is serving a life sentence that was commuted from death when the California Supreme Court briefly outlawed capital punishment in 1972. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
August 27, 2021, 5:09 am
In first, prosecutor won’t seek to keep RFK assassin Sirhan in US prison
Unclear if decision in line with new policy will sway chances of release for Palestinian who killed Robert Kennedy in 1968, at 16th parole board hearing Friday
By JULIE WATSON and brian melley
In this photo from February 10, 2016, Sirhan Sirhan reacts during a parole hearing at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, Pool, File)
August 31, 2019, 9:58 am
RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan wounded in prison stabbing
Jerusalem-born Palestinian who opposed the US senator’s support of Israel hospitalized in stable condition after being knifed by fellow inmate
By Agencies
Senator Robert F. Kennedy speaks to the delegates of the United Auto Workers at a convention hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 9, 1968. (AP Photo, File)
June 7, 2018, 2:54 am
50 years on, Robert F. Kennedy Jr wants new probe of father’s assassination
Diaries in which Palestinian-born Sirhan Sirhan had written ‘RFK Must Die’ were entered as evidence along with a motive of supposed hatred for Kennedy’s support for Israel
By Chris Lefkow
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