Cold war/Israel-Arab

"13 May 1967, the date on which Anwar el-Sadat, speaker of the Egyptian parliament, was on an official visit to Moscow. When the visit was over Sadat was seen off at Moscow airport by Vladimir Semnov, the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, and it was then that Sadat heard from Semnov that according to Soviet intelligence, ‘Ten Israeli
brigades had been concentrated on the Syrian border’ ready to strike at Syria; in
Cairo the same message was delivered to President Nasser by the Soviet ambassador.

Israel, as everyone now knows, did not move any forces to its border with Syria,
and it is widely acknowledged that the Soviet report, which for a long time has
been one of the most puzzling features of the run-up to the 1967 war, was false. An
explanation of Soviet motives in issuing a false report is now possible, thanks to
recent testimonies of such people as Evgeny Pyrlin, head of the Egypt department
in the Soviet foreign ministry at the time the report was released. According to
Pyrlin the reason why this crucial and most damaging report was issued was because
the Soviets wanted to spark a war between Israel and its Arab neighbours, believing
that even if the war was not won by our [the Arab] side a war would be to our
political advantage because our side would demonstrate its ability to fight
with our weapons and with our military and political support."


FUCKING HILLARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

However, I do not know who Evgeny Pyrlin is, and thus, I'm not going to take this at face value.


- Bregman, Israel's wars