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Chapter One<br />

The Tie That Binds:<br />

What All of the Most Commonly Accepted JFK<br />

Assassination Theories Have in Common—<br />

The Never-Mentioned Israeli Connection<br />

Who killed John F. Kennedy? That question has plagued<br />

the world for a generation. What is it that we do know about<br />

the J FK murder that ties a ll o f the differing theories<br />

together? What is it that all of the theories have in common?<br />

The blame for the assassination has been placed on<br />

numerous power groups, perhaps working independently or<br />

together. Most often named have been the CIA (or rogue<br />

elements thereof), organized crime and the anti-Castro Cuban<br />

network.<br />

Yet, one power in particular—Israel and its spy agency,<br />

the M o ssa d—links a ll o f these fo rces tog ether. Isra el,<br />

h o w e v e r , i s t h e c e n t r a l p l a y e r w h o s e r o l e h a s b e e n<br />

consistently ignored.<br />

"Everybody on earth on November 22, 1963, it sometimes seems, was<br />

involved in a plot to assassinate JFK. If all those alleged conspirators—all<br />

of whom have denied the allegations—were there, it's lucky anyone got out<br />

of Dealey Plaza alive." 1<br />

These were the words of one journalist, Terry Catchpole, reflecting on<br />

the controversy over Oliver Stone's Hollywood all-star extravaganza JFK<br />

and of widespread interest in the JFK assassination in general.<br />

Catchpole cites groups often alleged to have been involved in some way<br />

with the JFK assassination—although this summary by no means is<br />

complete (ignoring, in particular, the CIA as an institution):<br />

Cuban Communists<br />

Cuban Anti-Communists<br />

Military-Industrial Complex<br />

A Renegade CIA Clique<br />

Organized Crime<br />

Soviet Communists<br />

The FBI<br />

The Mastermind<br />

This final theory, according to Catchpole, is that "the Mafia had actually<br />

taken over the Howard Hughes organization from the bedridden recluse, and<br />

it was run by a "Mr. X," possibly [organized crime syndicate<br />

boss].Meyer.Lansky.” 2<br />

Each and every one of these theories, of course, has its own advocates.<br />

Each and every one of these theories, additionally, has been intertwined with

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