Factbox-RFK Jr. on abortion, vaccines, housing and foreign policy

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(Reuters) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the famed Kennedy family, initially sought the Democratic Party's nomination for president but dropped that effort in October and re-entered the race for the White House as an independent.

A long-time environmental activist and anti-vaccine advocate, the 70-year-old Kennedy is campaigning on a platform targeting institutions such as pharmaceutical and tech companies.

He is the son of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 during his own presidential bid.

Here are a summary of his positions:

FOREIGN POLICY

Kennedy defends Israel's right to respond to Hamas's Oct. 7 attack with its strikes on Gaza and questioned the value of a temporary ceasefire, arguing it will only allow Hamas to rearm itself.

He makes a distinction between moral wars that must be fought and wars of choice, which should be avoided. He says the Vietnam War and World War I were wars of choice for the United States, while Israel had a moral obligation to respond with force to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

He believes the international community — and the United States — could have done more to help Israel deal with the Hamas threat and avoid the conflict.

Kennedy has called the Russia-Ukraine war an “unnecessary war”that should be settled «through negotiations, through diplomacy, through statecraft, and not through weapons.”

Kennedy has been a frequent critic of America's involvement in supporting Ukraine against Russia's invasion, which he has repeatedly referred to as a „proxy war“ that he claimed on social media platform X is being fought „all for the sake of U.S. (imagined) geopolitical interests.“

ABORTION RIGHTS

Kennedy has previously taken different positions on the issue, including