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The USSR’s role in the creation of Israel (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by Mahnamejeff@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

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Long time lurker, first post on here, and was wondering if anyone had any reliable sources that speak about the Soviet role in the creation of Israel. I’ve seen some claims around the interwebs about how the soviets armed the Zionists against the Arabs in the region. Is there any validity to this claim? I’m having a difficult time finding sources that I personally trust on this, and would love to hear your thoughts on it as well.

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[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure the USSR did help with the founding. At the time most people agreed Jews needed somewhere to escape persecution. Even the Palestinians understood and let them buy property. Zionism was not always synonymous with Theodor Herzel’s open colonialism. There was a socialist faction. The USSR was allied with Israel at first. At some point the colonial pro-US faction won out. Idk when the USSR stopped sending aid so I wouldn’t be surprised if they supported early colonization. Once the pro-US faction won out they didn’t want anything to do with the USSR so they cut ties.

Take my story with a grain of salt, I don’t remember the source of all my information besides the Intervention’s series a bit. The only conversation i remember around this was on Redd*t where I suggested that the USSR surely wasn’t involved with the bad bits of Zionism, and someone else said they were. I hope other comrades have more knowledge and sources.

[–] ledlecreeper27@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 11 months ago

The USSR stopped supporting Israel almost immediately when it went to war with Palestine and the neighboring countries.