{"id":646228,"date":"2017-06-08T03:52:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T03:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/08\/kgb-helped-start-the-six-day-war-bergman\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T03:52:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T03:52:19","slug":"kgb-helped-start-the-six-day-war-bergman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/08\/kgb-helped-start-the-six-day-war-bergman\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB helped start the Six-Day War -Bergman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The KGB helped ignite the Six-Day War<\/strong>, Ronen Bergman writes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/07\/opinion\/how-the-kgb-started-the-war-that-changed-the-middle-east.html?_r=0\">New York Times<\/a>. \u201cThe heads of the KGB were deeply anti-Semitic, and saw in Israel and world Jewry \u2018a danger which is only second to the main enemy, the United States.\u2019 The K.G.B. was intent on destabilizing Israel, totally disproportionate to the country\u2019s strength or influence. In April 1967, as the United States was making gains in Vietnam, the Soviets decided to undertake dramatic Active Measures to weaken Israel \u2014 and thereby also [deliver] a blow to the Americans. By conveying false information, the Soviets hoped to increase Syrian and Egyptian dependence on Moscow and deepen Egypt\u2019s involvement in the Middle East\u2019s tensions by making the Egyptians flex their muscles against Israel,\u201d Bergman writes. 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