Ep 34 - How the USSR Weaponized Palestine: KGB, Arafat, and Anti-Israel Propaganda

In this episode of Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes, we examine how the Soviet Union helped shape the modern Palestinian narrative and turned the Arab-Israeli conflict into a Cold War weapon against Israel and the West.After Israel leaned toward the West, the USSR shifted strategy. It helped reframe Israel as a colonial aggressor and the Palestinians as an anti-colonial liberation movement.Topics include:• The USSR and Israel after 1948• Soviet anti-Zionist propaganda• Yasser Arafat and the PLO• KGB influence on Palestinian messaging• “Zionism is racism”• UN Resolution 3379• Settler colonialism narratives• Anti-Zionism and antisemitism explained• Media bias Middle East and Cold War disinformation• Zionism history and Jewish self-determinationThis episode argues that many modern anti-Israel slogans did not come from ancient Palestinian history. They were shaped, amplified, and globalized by Soviet propaganda.This episode connects middle east history, middle east culture, Jewish history, Zionism history, and antisemitism explained through the facts often missing from modern debates.Follow Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes for short, fact-based episodes on middle east history, antisemitism explained, media bias Middle East, zionism history, Jewish history, antisemitism facts, and antisemitism myths.#USSR #SovietPropaganda #PLO #YasserArafat #ZionismHistory #Israel #AntisemitismExplained #MediaBias #MiddleEastHistory #AntiZionism