The role of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin in creating the state of Israel, proclaimed in 1948, was certainly one of the most important. According to many historians, journalists and publicists, it was Stalin who, when creating the Israeli state in 1947, provided him with serious support at the UN.
After the end of World War II, Jewish refugees, who during the time of Nazi Germany were severely persecuted in many European countries, did not want to return to where their relatives and relatives were killed, robbed and burned in concentration camps. The entire liberal world community sincerely sympathized and sympathized with them and believed that the restoration of the Jewish state in Palestine should be a natural process.
However, the question of the further fate of the Jews of Arabs and Palestine was decided by British and American politicians, public opinion did not influence their decisions in any way. The appearance of an independent Jewish state on the world map was opposed by the vast majority of Western politicians. Therefore, almost all researchers on this issue agree that it was Stalin and Soviet diplomacy that played a decisive role in the creation of Israel.
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The goals of Stalin and the USSR
Close cooperation between Zionist politicians led by Ben-Gurion and the Soviet leadership began in the prewar years, the first meeting took place in 1940 on the territory of the Soviet embassy in London. After the war, dialogue continued. In the face of the threat of a new world war, the Middle East has become a strategically important region. Realizing that it would not be possible to get support from the Arabs, Soviet political leaders in general and Stalin in particular saw the prospect of increasing influence in the region only through Jews.
In fact, the fate of Israel interested Stalin, who was guided in matters of foreign policy by personal ambitions of expanding international influence of the USSR insofar as. The support of Jewish leaders was primarily aimed at weakening the influence of Great Britain and preventing the expansion of US influence in the Middle East. The Soviet leadership, by its actions, tried to create conditions under which the Arab countries would become dependent on the USSR. In addition, one of the most important tasks facing Stalin was to ensure the security of the southern borders of the Soviet Union.
