(Algemeiner) Ruthie Blum - The daughter of the late U.S. Senator Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy - assassinated by a Palestinian in June 1968 during his run for president - spoke with Israel's Channel 1 during a recent trip to Israel in an interview broadcast on Jan. 14. The long-time Democratic Party activist and former lieutenant governor of Maryland said that she feels a "special bond" with Israel, inherited from her father. "As you know, in 1968, he was fighting for the 50 jets that would be given to the Israeli army, and he was killed because of his support [for Israel]." Asked whether she is able to forgive her father's murderer, Sirhan Sirhan, who is serving a life sentence in prison, Townsend responded: "To tell you the truth, that's a little difficult."
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