Historical Overview of Israel's Early Arms Patrons and Shifts in Great Power Support
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The passage provides a historical narrative linking Israel's early military procurement to the Soviet Union (via Czechoslovakia) and France, then later to the United States after 1967. While it mentio Soviet Union (through Czechoslovakia) supplied weapons to Israel around its founding. France acted as Israel's patron during the 1950s, especially before the Algerian war ended. U.S. strategic intere
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