The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 24 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Soviet Anti-Zionism was a doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the course of the Cold War , and intensified after the 1967 Six Day War .1It was officially sponsored by the Department of propaganda of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and by the KGB .2It alleged that Zionism was a form of racism and sometimes argued that Zionists were similar to Nazis .3The Soviet Union was officially opposed to racism of any kind, and therefore Zionologists stated that they were not anti-Semitic or racist themselves.4
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Zionology ( Russian language : сионология sionologiya ) was a doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the course of the Cold War , and intensified after 1967 Six Day War . It was officially sponsored by the Department of Propaganda of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and by the KGB .
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Soviet anti-Zionism was a propaganda doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the course of the Cold War and intensified after the 1967 Six Day War . It was officially sponsored by the Department of propaganda of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and by the KGB . It alleged that Zionism was a form of racism and argued that Zionists were similar to Nazis . The Soviet Union framed its anti-Zionist propaganda in terms of the ideological doctrine of Zionology , in the guise of a study of modern Zionism.
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Soviet anti-Zionism was a propaganda doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the course of the Cold War , which intensified after the 1967 Six-Day War . It was officially sponsored by the department of propaganda of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and by the KGB . It alleged that Zionism was a form of racism , and argued that Zionists were similar to Nazis . The Soviet Union framed its anti-Zionist propaganda in terms of the ideological doctrine of Zionology , in the guise of a study of modern Zionism. The Soviet Union and Arab nationalism, 1917-1966 .
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Antisemitic propaganda campaign promulgated in the Soviet Union Soviet anti-Zionism is an Anti Zionist and pro-Arab doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the Cold War .While the Soviet Union initially pursued a pro- Zionist policy after World War II due to its perception that the Jewish state would be socialist and pro-Soviet, its outlook on the Arab–Israeli conflict changed as Israel began to develop a close relationship with the United States and aligned itself with the Western Bloc .Anti-Israel Soviet propaganda intensified after Israel's sweeping victory in the 1967 Arab–Israeli War , and it was officially sponsored by the agitation and propaganda media of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as well as by the KGB .Among other charges, it alleged that Zionism was a form of racism .The Soviets framed their anti-Zionist propaganda in the guise of a study of modern Zionism , dubbed Zionology .The Soviet anti-Israel policy included the regulated denial of permission for Jews in the Soviet Union to emigrate, primarily to Israel, but also to any other country. The Soviet Union and Arab nationalism, 1917-1966 .
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Opposition to Zionism within the Soviet Union Soviet anti-Zionism is an anti-Zionist and pro-Arab doctrine promulgated in the Soviet Union during the Cold War . While the Soviet Union initially pursued a pro- Zionist policy after World War II due to its perception that the Jewish state would be socialist and pro-Soviet, its outlook on the Arab–Israeli conflict changed as Israel began to develop a close relationship with the United States and aligned itself with the Western Bloc . Anti-Israel Soviet propaganda intensified after Israel's sweeping victory in the 1967 Arab–Israeli War , and it was officially sponsored by the agitation and propaganda media of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as well as by the KGB . Among other charges, it alleged that Zionism was a form of racism . The Soviets framed their anti-Zionist propaganda in the guise of a study of modern Zionism , dubbed Zionology . The Soviet anti-Israel policy included the regulated denial of permission for Jews in the Soviet Union to emigrate, primarily to Israel, but also to any other country. The Soviet Union and Arab nationalism, 1917-1966 .
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“antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 24. Read the current article and compare.
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doctrine promulgated in the soviet union during the course of the cold war
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anti-zionist and pro-arab doctrine promulgated in the soviet union during the cold war
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