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The USSR soon switched sides in the Arab–Israeli conflict.After it tried to maintain a policy of friendship with Israel at first, abstaining from and allowing the passage of Security Council Resolution 95 in September 1951, which chastised Egypt for preventing ships bound for Israeli ports from travelling through the Suez Canal, asking them to cease interference on shipping for political ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rimon 20 Part of the War of Attrition Date July 30, 1970 Location West of Suez Canal Result Israeli victory Belligerents Israel Soviet Union Commanders and leaders Mordechai Hod Iftach Spector Amos Amir Nikolai Yurchenko † Strength 12 Mirage IIICs 4 F-4E Phantom IIs 24 MiG-21MFs Casualties and ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Bilateral relations Israel–Russia relations Israel Russia Diplomatic mission Embassy of Israel, Moscow Embassy of Russia, Tel Aviv Russian president Vladimir Putin and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016. The two long-serving leaders have had a close relationship. The State of ...
Soviet anti-Zionism is an anti-Zionist and pro-Arab doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.While the Soviet Union initially pursued a pro-Zionist policy after World War II due to its perception that the Jewish state would be socialist and pro-Soviet, its outlook on the Arab–Israeli conflict changed as Israel began to develop a close relationship with the United States ...
Antisemitic purges encouraged the remnants of Polish Jewry to move to Israel. Increased Soviet antisemitism and enthusiasm generated by the 1967 victory led to a wave of Soviet Jews applying to emigrate to Israel. Most Jews were refused exit visas and persecuted by the authorities. Some were arrested, becoming known as Prisoners of Zion.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Yom Kippur War Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Cold War Clockwise from top-left: Israeli tanks crossing the Suez Canal Israeli Nesher variant of the Mirage V fighter jet flying over the Golan Heights Israeli soldier praying in the Sinai Peninsula Israeli troops evacuating wounded ...
The 1970s Soviet Union aliyah was the mass immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel after the Soviet Union lifted its ban on Jewish refusenik emigration in 1971. More than 150,000 Soviet Jews immigrated during this period, motivated variously by religious or ideological aspirations, economic opportunities, and a desire to escape anti-Semitic discrimination.
Soviet Middle Eastern foreign policy during the Cold War was shaped by two primary concerns, as perceived by the Soviet leadership. The first key priority was ensuring the security interests of the Soviet Union itself, mainly by countering American presence in the region, with the second concern revolving around the ideological struggle between communism and capitalism.