28.08.2024, Aleksandrovskoye.
Political scientist, philosopher, and leader of the Essence of Time movement, Sergey Kurginyan explained why Stalin supported the creation of the state of Israel on July 26 on the program Conversation with a Sage on the Zvezda radio channel.
Kurginyan stated that Stalin, along with Beria and Slánský [General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia], personally ensured that Israel could emerge diplomatically, and it was able to defend itself in some way and begin to unfold militarily. Stalin very much wanted a socialist state to emerge in the Middle East (and there was substantial bases for that), and Israel was initially, up until the 1960s, very pro-socialist.
At the time of its establishment, Israel was a country with a centralized state economy, a very strict social system, considerable asceticism, internal mobilization, and other similar characteristics.
“Did he want this state to become his stronghold in the region, or did he want Jews to move there so that the matter wouldn’t end with Birobidzhan [administrative centre of the current Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia, tens of thousands of displaced Eastern European Jews moved to Birobidzhan from 1946 to 1948 – translator’s note], and in this way resolve the problem of cosmopolitanism, which he dealt with in the last period of his life – it’s unclear what he wanted. But he did it, taking care that it didn’t go too far, and that the Jewish population of the Soviet Union wouldn’t become overly enthusiastic and start excessively befriending Israel,” the philosopher said.
Attempts of excessive friendship with Israel among members of the Soviet elite were curtailed. Relations between the Soviet Union and Israel were a very complex matter.
“This even extends to the popular Soviet song ‘Migratory Birds Fly,’ which was dedicated to the permitted departure of Jews to Israel at a certain time – specifically to Israel, because the lyrics ‘… and I stay with you, my dear homeland… I don’t need the Turkish shore,’ referred not to the Turkish shore but to Israel. This was in 1949,” Kurginyan explained.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
