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2026-01-28 20:49 UTC
@homer77 Could that have a connection with the stance of the USSR at that time? I remember that the USSR initially supported the israeli states creation and the state itself, but then changed its attitude when it realised that it wouldnt be politically aligned with them or something.
The USSR did a lot of politics exporting to leftist movements all around the world and a lot of things that are just assumed as commonplace by leftists today are based on USSR propaganda, so that could be the case.
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@homer77@sozial.ismus.net 2026-01-28 21:07
@EinsPossum Yes, that’s actually what Brekke also states. There’s a transfer between USSR’s anti imperialist interpretation of the world. But he also sees a correlation to the six day war which didn’t fit in the “we stand with the weak” narrative of the left when Israel didn’t wait to be attacked by the antisemitic coalition around it and tripling its territory in the end. To keep the superficial dichotomy “strong oppressor vs. weak victim” alive the “enemy” had to be adjusted.