| ID | 177577 |
| Title Proper | BDS as an example of Soviet political warfare |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Atlan, Nelly |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article seeks to underline the ideological filiation between the principles of Russian political warfare (disinformation, aggressive propaganda, manipulation, distortion, political isolation of the target (politicide), the anti-Zionist propaganda formulated by the Soviet Union and the BDS argument, conceived as a node around which anti-Israeli organisations and structure gravitate. To determine this filiation this article examines step by step; the principles of Russian political warfare; the development of that doctrine as expressed in the anti-Zionist propaganda formulated by the Soviet Union between 1897 and 1991 and finally the modalities of the application of the Russian political warfare in the BDS argument. The findings reveal a twin phenomenon of appropriation; first an appropriation of Russian political warfare as a strategy to delegitimise Israel and second, an appropriation of the arguments produced by the anti-Zionist propaganda formulated by the Soviet Union. |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 27, No.1; Feb 2021: p. 202-223 |
| Journal Source | Israel Affairs Vol: 27 No 1 |
| Key Words | Information Warfare ; Propaganda ; Political Warfare ; Anti - Zionism ; Russia (ex-Soviet Union) ; BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement) |