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Published: 05 February, 2009, 10:10

Israeli tankmen during the Six-day-war in 1967 (Alexander Shulman)

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The influence of the USSR in the Arab world was enormous, says former Israeli ambassador to Russia Aryeh Levin.

He tried to re-establish relations with the bloc after the Soviet Politburo cut relations with Israel in 1967.

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