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Why JFK Believed Israel Must Flourish

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Why JFK Believed Israel Must Flourish
A picture of then Senator John F. Kennedy on July 15, 1957. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images
Timothy S. Goeglein
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In 1960, while addressing the Convention of the Zionist Organization of America in New York City, then-Sen. John F. Kennedy said:
Timothy S. Goeglein
Timothy S. Goeglein
Author
Timothy S. Goeglein is vice president of external and government relations at Focus on the Family in Washington, D.C., and author of the new book “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.”