James DiEugenio

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/president-kennedy-discussion-of-johnson-plan-august-1962

You might want to read this. 

In the Mideast, you can count on three things: The sun rising, the sun setting, and the Arabs killing a peace deal on Israel. 

I admire JFK and his foreign policy. I agree where he could control the outcome---such as lesser or greater involvement in Vietnam---he was likely to make the right choice (IMHO).

But getting Israel's immediate neighbors to agree to a peace deal? 

Americans often underestimate the sheer intractability, and callousness, of many cultures outside America, or Western democracies. 

The Oct. 7 atrocities are not an aberration in the Middle East. More of a tradition. I will spare you examples. 

From the link: 

Secretary: Would the Arabs acquiesce to this first small movement?

JJ: There is some chance they might. The Arabs have missed many trains. Now the fate of UNRWA is in question.