About the Book

The Palestine question has been at the centre of the West Asian politics since the creation of state of Israel in 1948. It was the worst case of denial of basic human rights to indigenous people in the twentieth century. In fact, the creation of the state of Israel was made possible through the British-American imperialist-colonial intrigues which led to the massive emigration of Jews from different parts of the world to Palestine state. As a result Palestine was disappeared from the world map in1948 and since then thousands of Palestinians have been living in refugee camps in neighbouring Arab countries in a most depressed condition for more than 55 years. The Palestinian resistance movements have been waging an unremitting struggle for their basic rights including the creation of independent state of Palestine and the right of return to their homeland.

The dominant states of the world, having played different roles in the making of the problem, responded differently to the basic demands of the Palestinians. The case of the former Soviet Union, is perhaps, more glaring given the fact that it had long been committed to the cause of the oppressed peoples all over the world. The perspectives of the Bolshevik leaders in respect of the national and colonial question were fundamental to the making of the Soviet policy towards the Middle East in the post-revolutionary era. However, since the post-Second World War period the Soviet policies towards the Palestine question had been dictated by its cold war politics. Hence it supported the move for the creation of the state of Israel, by setting aside its fundamental principles regarding the oppressed peoples. After few years the Soviet leaders realized their mistakes and showed its sympathy and support to the cause of the Palestinians in an ambiguous line. The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991marked the end of an era of cold war politics in the Middle East and the Palestinian movements were succumbed to the US mediation for the peace in the region and finally to signing of the Oslo Accord in 1993. However, this new colonial plot was well realized by many Palestinians and it triggered off more violent agitations by the fresh wave of Palestinian movements out of their frustration and distress. Although they were branded as terrorist organizations by the US and the West, the objective for which they are fighting has its own significance. At the same time, Russia as successor of the Soviet Union without any solid principles to support the oppressed classes took pro-western line of thinking. Hence the Palestinians are fighting for their just cause without the support of any major powers.