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Other than this, the Cohen-Ruby link is given little play—perhaps
precisely because it points not in the direction of the Mafia, but instead,
more directly to Israel and the Meyer Lansky Organized Crime Syndicate.
As it stands, ironically enough, Mickey Cohen was already incarcerated in
federal prison by the time of the JFK assassination. Lansky's West Coast
lieutenant was one of many "big names" snared in the Kennedy war against
the Lansky crime syndicate. There was clearly no love lost between Mickey
Cohen and the Kennedy brothers.
It seems likely—and Gary Wean believes, as he told this author—that
Cohen's henchman Gruber was the intermediary for the Lansky syndicate in the
delicate matter of how to silence the patsy—Oswald—who had somehow
escaped being killed and was then in the custody of the Dallas police.
Mickey Cohen and Menachem Begin very clearly were involved in the
initial stages of what ultimately evolved into the JFK assassination
conspiracy precisely because of Kennedy's difficult foreign policy struggle
with Israel which sparked the plot against the American president.
Perhaps this might explain why Jack Ruby—in his final days—was
fearful that if the truth about the assassination of John F. Kennedy ever
came out that, as Ruby put it, "the Jews" would be blamed for the crime. 441
In the next chapter we will examine Jack Ruby's role further and
consider his connections with the Lansky syndicate—and with Israel.