Soviet-Palestine relations
The Soviet Union maintained strong support for Palestine and relentless opposition to the State of Israel and its Western imperialist masters throughout the leaderships of Stalin and Brezhnev.
Khrushchev was inconsistent: He favored Western imperialism, but was unable to openly support Israel due to public opinion and Party limitation.
Stalin opposed the State of Israel, but did not want to fully remove the Jewish migrants from Palestine. He believed in a multi-ethnic democratic state of Palestine free of imperialist control.
Stalin era
Stalin's USSR banned Jewish migration to Israel.
Stalin carried out several purges against Zionists. Ana Pauker, Rudolf Slansky, Laszlo Rajk, and more were accused of spying for Zionists. The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and Agro-Joint were considered fronts for the Mossad and CIA and purged. Soviet Jews who turned to Zionism were among (but not all of) the purged Rootless Cosmopolitans[1] and Killer Doctors. After Dr. Timashuk alleged to Stalin that Zionist Jewish doctors had killed Zhdanov (his friend and potential successor), Stalin, fearing for his life, fired Jews from the medical staff of the Kremlin.
Myths
The Soviet Union is accused of helping create and arm Israel. This is false.[2][3][4]
- 1. Did the USSR support the UN partition plan?
In the UN, the Soviet Union first proposed one multiethnic democratic state of Palestine. This was rejected by the US and UK. The UK, US and its puppets, and Czechoslovakia, pushed for the partition of Palestine.[2]
The USSR ultimately approved partition on the condition of removing British troops from Palestine.[2] This would materially weaken the Zionist entity. Plus, the USSR had committed to Syria and Lebanon by secret treaties that it would try to remove British troops from the Middle East.[2][3]
- 2. Did the USSR arm Israel?
The USSR never armed Israel. In fact, the USSR and its allies Czechoslovakia and Romania, armed Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, fighting against Israel.[3] The Soviet-backed Israeli Communist Party also blew up a ship carrying weapons to the Zionist terrorists during the Arab-Israeli War.[5]
But Czechoslovakia also armed Israel.[3] This is because one faction, led by Stalin's ally and official leader Klement Gottwald, was arming the Arabs, while the other faction, led by Trotskyist Rudolf Slansky, was arming Israel in secret.[4] Slansky would later be executed for his crime.
Slansky worked with Lavrentiy Beria (a pedophile rapist) behind Stalin's back, according to Beria's son. He also worked with Robert Maxwell, father-in-law and mentor of Jeffrey Epstein and British-Zionist agent, according to the Slovak National Newspaper.[4]
The plot was uncovered by Matyas Rakosi, leader of Hungary, who sent his suspected-Trotskyist deputy Laszlo Rajk to the Foreign Ministry. Rajk plotted with Slansky and Zionists. Rakosi reported the plot to Stalin, who told Gottwald. Slansky and Rajk were put on trial and executed for Trotskyism and Zionism.[4] They were later rehabilitated by Khrushchevites.
- 3. Did the USSR recognize Israel first?
De jure yes. De facto, no. The US and UK already had diplomatic ties and collaboration with Israel through intelligence and funding.
So why did the USSR recognize Israel? Well, why didn't the US or UK recognize Israel? The Soviets believed that the British Empire was trying to play both sides: Support racist Arabs through the Jordanian Hashemites, and support Zionist Israelis through the US. Soviet recognition of Israel would force the UK and US (clearly being allies) to either recognize Israel, or face the Jewish diaspora's protests possibly causing Israeli Jews to turn to Soviet-backed anti-apartheid "Labor Zionists"[6]. Their attempt to play both sides would be exposed and at least one side would turn against them.
- 4. Did the USSR expect Israel to turn socialist?
The Soviets did hope that Jewish workers would turn against apartheid.[6] This was not an appeal to the imperialist-backed Zionist state or ruling class, but to Jewish workers who had fled Nazism for Palestine. The Soviet-backed Israeli Communist Party, Mapam, advocated a Jewish-Arab one-state solution[6] and blew up an Israeli ship carrying weapons to Zionists.[5]
Khrushchev era
Despite Khrushchev's appearances of "anti-imperialism" (basically just banging his shoe at the UN), he was generally an imperialist stooge, caving on Berlin, Austria, Japan, Egypt, and more. He supported Jewish migration to Israel, and supported several covert allies of Israel within the complex Cold War. This was proven by Sovinform (https://sovinform.net).
Brezhnev era
WIP
References
- ↑ Bill Bland. The Soviet Campaign against Cosmopolitanism. https://espressostalinist.com/2017/08/20/bill-bland-the-soviet-campaign-against-cosmopolitanism-1947-1952/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Saed Teymuri. On the 1947 Soviet Vote in the UN regarding Palestine’s Partition. https://magma-magazin.su/2024/04/saed-teymuri/on-the-1947-soviet-vote-in-the-un-regarding-palestines-partition/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sovinform Media. Stalin-era USSR provides military support to Syria before, during, and after 1948 War. https://sovinform.net/Stalin-USSR-arms-Syria-1948-War.htm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sovinform Media. USSR stops Czechoslovak arms transfers to Israel. https://sovinform.net/USSR-Stops-Czechoslovak-Arms-Transfers-to-Israel.htm
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://sovinform.net/Mapam-Warriors-bomb-Altalena.htm
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Mapam. https://sovinform.net/Mapam-Introduction.htm