> ben gurion and golda meir both viewed stalin and russia as the biggest threat to israel's existence despite ussr being the first country to recognize it israel being recognized by both the us and ussr was a major reason why it survived, since none of the arab governments wanted to piss off both of the world's new hegemons. it was only after the cold war got into full swing that the ussr/us split spilled into middle eastern power games. mayve israel's leadership expressed fear of the ussr then, but they owed their existence to it along with the us.  soviet anti-semitism is really overstated. stalin did purge a lot of them, but as part of his wider purging. he had jews in his inner circle all the way up to his death.
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