 Robert F. Kennedy akashanyira British Mandate yePalestine muna 1948, mwedzi mumwe Israeri isati yazivisa rusununguko rwayo. Makore makumi maviri namaviri okukura panguva iyeyo, akanga achishuma pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu akasimba munharaunda nokuda kweThe Boston Post. Mukati mokugara kwake ikoko, akakura mukuyemura vagari vechiJudha vomunzvimbomo. Gare gare akava mutsigiri akasimba weIsrael; izvi zvakazotsanangurwa sechinangwa chaSirhan Sirhan chekumuurayapagore rokutanga rokutanga kweHondo Yemazuva matanhatu musi waJune 5, 1968. Sirhan akaona firimu rine mashoko pamusoro paKennedy muPalestine muna 1948. Gare gare mukutongwa kwake kwokuponda, Sirhan Sirhan akapupura, kuti: Ndakanga ndine tariro yokuti aizokunda Utungamiriri kusvikira panguva iyoyo. Asi pandakaona, ndakanzwa, akanga achitsigira Israeri, ishe, kwete muna 1968, asi akanga achitsigira, kubva munzira yose kubva pakuvamba kwayo muna 1948, ishe... Munyori Robert Blair Kaiser anotaura nezvokusawirirana kwenguva yakasarudzwa naSirhan. Mudhayari raSirhan, chinyorwa chaakasarudza kuuraya Robert Kennedy chakaitwa pana May 18. Nhepfenyuro inotaurwa nezvayo yakatanga kuratidzwa paTV munharaunda yeLos Angeles musi waMay 20. Paakabvunzwa kuti atsanangure, Sirhan akati akanga asingayeuki achinyora bhuku racho. 