OKLAHOMA CITY—Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the National Sheriff’s Association that he supports Israel because “I am pro-Palestinian.”
“The worst thing to happen to the Palestinians is Hamas,” Mr. Kennedy said to approximately 1,000 law enforcement officers from around the country during their annual meeting on June 24. The crowd that gathered in the Oklahoma City Convention Center was subdued but receptive.
Mr. Kennedy also said that, as president, he would shore up the southern border and address America’s mental health crisis with “healing farms.”
He pointed out that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that doesn’t have an official religion or “apartheid-style rules.” He said the best way to help the Palestinian people is to support Israel in its campaign to eradicate Hamas….