From the KGB to Gaza: How Soviet 'Active Measures' Still Manipulate the West What some now call the "pro-Palestine movement" in the West is, in many respects, the residue of decades of KGB-backed manipulation. Pictured: Policemen look at KGB headquarters building, where a portrait of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union hangs, in Moscow on November 7, 1990. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images) In 1984, Yuri Bezmenov, a former Soviet KGB officer turned defector, issued a chilling warning to the West. The same ideological seed planted by the KGB through Palestinian proxies decades ago has matured into today's toxic blend of anti-Israel activism, anti-American resentment, and Western cultural self-loathing. Related Topics: Russia Recent Articles by Pierre Rehov Sudan: The Genocide No One Talks About, 2022-06-24Lessons from the Middle East, 2021-03-28Peace Agreements between Israel and Morocco: The Wisdom of a King, 2021-01-04UNRWA: The UN Agency that Creates Palestinian Refugees, 2018-01-29The U.S., Churchill and the Middle East, 2017-05-21 receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free gatestone institute mailing list en 19 Reader Comments Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply->