Lone Wolf Pack: JFK, Rabin, and Kirk Assassinations all Crowned Killers and Buried Chains of Command
Dr. David Mantik is available to discuss a striking historical parallel as we approach two major anniversaries: the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in the United States and the 30th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. In Israel, Rabin’s killing has long been referred to as “Israel’s JFK moment”—not only because of its national trauma, but because of the immediate suspicion that the official story was incomplete, that a lone gunman narrative was being used to contain a much deeper political rupture.
In the United States, Lee Harvey Oswald was framed as the solitary extremist who acted alone. Yet from the Warren Commission onward, a large proportion of Americans believed that elements inside the U.S. establishment, including the CIA, may have played a role in Kennedy’s removal because his presidency threatened entrenched interests. The belief was not fringe—it became embedded in American political identity itself.
Likewise in Israel, Yigal Amir was declared a lone zealot driven purely by religious conviction. But millions of Israelis blamed more than a single trigger-puller. They pointed directly at the political forces opposing Rabin’s peace agenda—and in particular, Benjamin Netanyahu and factions aligned against Oslo. Some believed Amir was allowed to succeed, whether through negligence or design. The sentiment, just like in the JFK case, was that the assassination served a political direction already in motion.
Today, with the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk, we see echoes of that same structural pattern. Tyler Robinson has been categorized as a lone actor with an isolated personal motive. Yet questions are being raised—not about sensational conspiracy theories, but about the familiar narrative architecture that emerges immediately after such events. Who benefits from the death of a political figure? Who controls the story? Why is the public told so quickly that no larger questions need to be asked?
Dr. Mantik argues that the “lone gunman” narrative is not merely a conclusion—it is a tool of political management. It closes inquiry. It prevents tracing power networks. It converts a seismic, nation-altering act into the blame of one unstable individual, allowing institutions and beneficiaries to remain unexamined.
The throughline is not just the assassinations themselves—but the insistence that each was the work of one misguided man. Mantik suggests we must scrutinize not only who fired, but who needs the story to end there.
Dr. Mantik is available for interviews immediately.
Relevant Article(s):
Rabin Assassination: Last Speech at Rally, Assassination Yitzhak Rabin: Arafat Reaction – Grieving M
The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
The Mantik View – Articles and Research on the JFK Assassination by David W. Mantik M.D.,Ph. D.
Books by Mantik
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Final Analysis
OPTIONAL Q&A:
- Why do so many Israelis refer to Rabin’s assassination as “Israel’s JFK moment”?
- What purpose does the “lone gunman” narrative serve in high-impact political assassinations?
- In the cases of JFK and Rabin, who stood to benefit politically from their deaths?
- How does public suspicion toward establishment or intelligence involvement shape national memory?
- Why do official investigations often resist exploring broader networks or ideological backers?
- What parallels exist between Oswald, Amir, and Tyler Robinson in how they were immediately characterized to the public?
- How can we distinguish genuine lone actors from situations where a simplified narrative is being imposed?
- What does it reveal about state power when the public is encouraged to stop asking questions after the initial explanation is given?
ABOUT DR. DAVID MANTIK…
An M.D. and Ph.D., David Mantik spent many years in private practice in Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert, California. More recently, he became a peripatetic radiation oncologist. He is currently licensed in eight states and has also worked in Hawaii and New Zealand.
In his spare time, Mantik writes about the JFK assassination and has made some amazing discoveries. He spent nine full days at the National Archives to view (and perform measurements on) the JFK autopsy X-rays, the autopsy photographs, JFK’s clothing and the ballistic artifacts. So, we now know that the Warren Commission was not very interested in the truth, but that indifference still seems to afflict Washington, DC. In 2024, Mantik co-authored the book, The Final Analysis with Dr. Jerome Corsi.
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