ABSTRACT
The Soviet Union's active involvement, even though it was marginal, was a hindrance to the formulation of an overall and coherent independent policy for the whole issue. The question of British involvement in Palestine and the far-Right reactionary movement of Zionism, which were to be blamed in the whole Palestine question, led to antagonism between the two communities. In the first place, it portrays the Arabs as the aggressors, though by implication, against the newly declared State of Israel. It sees the Soviet Union's old solution to the problem, that of two states in Palestine, as the best option. The Soviet position not only meant, intrinsically, that the existence of the State of Israel should be guaranteed but it also showed a certain misunderstanding of the outlook and aspirations of both communities in Palestine; above all, it overlooked the position of the Arab governments on the Palestinian question.
