panchito
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you probably have a point with them calling them out as hypocrites and there's no doubt a soviet minister or two had that mindset but the soviets aren't exactly known as being the most loyal and dedicated to their buddiesThat might be true. I think the soviets initially assumed that Israel would be just like their country in ideological terms, they assumed it would be some kind of socialist state. But when they realized that jews voice their support for such ideas in other countries while implementing fascistic ideas for Israel, they inevitably called out the hypocrisy and the conflict came up. This is probably not the only reason but yeah it's a part of it.
at the end of the day it was just all diplomacy