John F. Kennedy Answer

11/19/2023

A. President Kennedy instructed one of his advisors, Lewis Weinstein, to organize a conference on the issue of Soviet Jews, who were being oppressed under the Soviet regime. Sadly, the conference never happened as Weinstein was only asked to do this days before Kennedy’s assassination.

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D. In August 1962, John F. Kennedy became the first American President to sell a major weapons system to Israel. The United States sold Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel as part of a broader strategy of expanding the U.S. bilateral relationship with Israel, an ally of growing importance in the Middle East.

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