The kibbutz movement was heavily socialist which probably says a lot to why there was such Soviet support for the creation of Israel. Problem for the Soviets was that Israel wasn't Marxist and saw its socialism as a component of society, not the whole of it. Later on the Soviet Union found it better to support the Arab states and take a hostile tone towards Israel.
On 9/17/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Yes. Britain and the UN legally created Israel. > > > >In large part, in my opinion, due to the influence of the United States. > > What do you mean? In the UN debates on the creation of Israel in 1947 and > 1948, the US was strongly against the creation of Israel. The Truman > government was against the creation of a socialist state that was thought > at the time to be a potential supporter of the Soviet Union. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242555 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
