Final_Judgment

124 The Coming of the Messiah [63]
In Algeria, the new Arab republic that had achieved independence with
help from John F. Kennedy, Premier Ahmad Ben Bella telephoned the U.S.
ambassador to say, "Believe me, I'd rather it had happened to me than to
him." 165 Kennedy's friendly gestures for peace were being remembered.
In Egypt President Nasser realized that the death of John F. Kennedy
would have a profound impact upon the Arab world. With Kennedy's
departure, Nasser later said that "[French President Charles] DeGaulle is the
only Western Head of State on whose friendship the Arabs can depend.” 166
However, according to DeGaulle's biographer, Jean Lacouture,
DeGaulle was "a friend neither of the Arabs, nor of Israel, but only of
France." 167 One might say that similar words could likewise be applied to
John F. Kennedy: "a friend neither of the Arabs, nor of Israel, but only of
America.” And Israel certainly did not consider JFK a friend.
MOURNING IN PARIS
In Paris, DeGaulle—who had granted Algerian independence and who
had suffered numerous attempts on his own life in retaliation—was
thoroughly stunned by the murder of the American president. He interrupted
a Cabinet meeting to announce: "John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been
assassinated. He was one of the very few leaders of whom it may be said
that they are statesmen. He had courage and he loved his country. "168
According to DeGaulle's biographer, "It was a tribute without precedent and
one that was never repeated." 169
In fact, as we shall see, the very same elements that had conspired
against the life of DeGaulle were indeed those same elements who had
brought about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. And if DeGaulle did
not know it then, he ultimately would.
SUSPICIONS
There was additional fall-out in the Arab world as a consequence of
Kennedy's assassination. According to Curtiss, the fact that Kennedy's
alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald was promptly murdered by Jack
Ruby—in Curtiss' words—“an American Jew with gangster
connections," 170 suspicions about Israel's complicity in the crime were
widespread.
According to Curtiss: "The circumstances gave rise to many conspiracy
theories, including one believed by virtually all Arabs that the assassination
was to prevent an impending U.S. policy change in the Middle East." 171
Curtiss' next comment, however, has proven wrong in the light of
what we are about to explore in the pages of Final Judgment: "No Middle
East connection of any sort has ever been discovered, however." 172
Curtiss notes that, "Instead, ironically, the assassination five years later
by an Arab-American in California of President Kennedy's younger brother,
an outspoken supporter of Israel, made Robert Kennedy the first American