Bear paw prints; Soviets all over the Mideast.(OPED)

Washington Times, The, July, 2007

Byline: Sean R. Singer, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES On Oct. 18, 1991, Soviet Foreign Minister Boris D. Pankin visited Jerusalem and announced the renewal of diplomatic relations between the near-death superpower and Israel. Their severance had occurred 24 years earlier during the Six Day War.

The re-establishment of diplomatic relations was to foster "lasting peace and stability in this region," a joint statement read. In a provocative but only somewhat persuasive new history of the Six Day War, Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez charge the USSR with intentionally ...