Israel has instructed its Embassy in Moscow to investigate reports that two Soviet journals–the important publication “Communist” and the “Krasnaya Zviezda”–recently published anti-Semitic articles reminiscent of Nazi publications.
According to a report received here, the two official organs carried articles charging Soviet Jews with subversion, espionage, and hatred for the Soviet regime. The articles, according to the report, urged Soviet citizens to differentiate between “normal Soviet citizens” and Jews. The report was carried in the Jewish Observer in London.
The Moscow radio, in broadcasts beamed to Middle Eastern countries and heard here, is continuing to incite the Arabs against Israel and to assert that “Zionism is the servant of imperialism.” A broadcast today said that “imperialism and its servant, Zionism, have tried to destroy all the progress the Arab national have achieved as a result of the strong friendship between them and the Soviet Union.”
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