Washington, D.C.
U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has stirred fresh controversy by alleging that the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy was linked to his opposition to Israel’s nuclear ambitions.
In a statement posted to her social media account on Tuesday, Greene claimed that Kennedy was targeted because of efforts to halt Israel’s development of nuclear weapons and to regulate Zionist lobbying in the United States. “Israel was behind the Kennedy assassinations,” she wrote, referencing widely debunked conspiracy theories involving Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, as well as the CIA and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
The congresswoman further asserted that Kennedy, alongside then-Senator William Fulbright, had been working to register the American Zionist Council—a precursor to today’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)—as a foreign agent under U.S. law. That initiative, she implied, contributed to what she described as a coordinated effort to silence the president permanently.
In a quote attributed to Kennedy, which historians say lacks verified sourcing, Greene referenced a purported warning from the late president: “One day after I am long gone, you will remember me and say, we should have stopped the nuclear program of Israel, abolished the Federal Reserve and kicked all secret societies, occultists, usurpers and Zionists out of our wonderful country.”
The White House and the Israeli Embassy in Washington have not commented on Greene’s claims as of press time. Historians and intelligence experts have long rejected assertions that Israel played a role in the Kennedy assassination, citing a lack of credible evidence. Official documents related to Kennedy’s death continue to be gradually declassified, though some remain sealed, fueling decades of speculation.
Greene, known for her alignment with far-right and conspiracy-focused narratives, has previously drawn criticism from both sides of the political aisle for controversial remarks. Her latest claims are expected to reignite debate over misinformation and foreign policy influence in American political discourse.