I'm under a current impression that the reason there was an amicable relationship between the Soviet Union and Israel stems from a sense of realpolitik in regards to, at the point in time leading up to it's creation, an inevitability of an Israeli state being released from the British Mandate of the region in the aftermath of world war two, the holocaust, and the rapidly snowballing wave of decolonization movements around the world from the European powers. The Soviets wished to attempt to subvert the alignment of Irael towards the U.S-U.K during the stages it was being formulated, therefore did everything within their power to grow labor zionism and socialist thought there, in addition to championing israel in the U.N and combatting the western power's attempts to build influence there. This support of Israel also extends through the Cominform to the communist parties of the world who possessed Jewish membership, such as CPUSA - from who's historical documents i've had knowledge shared to me by Jewish comrades illuminated me on the head-spinning complexities of the period. Quite obviously one can see this blew up in the face of the Soviets with how genocidally reactionary the zionist movement was and still is, but looking back I can see how difficult such a decision was and not envy being burdened with the weight of making such decisions.

Thus, ultimately, it comes to no surprise of mine of how deep or how often Soviet influence pops up in the opening stages of the settling of Israel. The history of the two have interconnected and tangled branches which have to be carefully examined as not an insignificant portion of the truths and lies of the communist movement lie in that mess.