This article exposes the efforts of Soviet propagandists to distort the factual background concerning the causes for the present tensions in the Middle East. Soviet propaganda endeavors to gloss over the fact that it was the Arabs who invaded Israel in 1948. It was also the Arab leadership that deliberately encouraged Arabs to leave their homes in Israel thereby creating the socalled refugee problem. This problem has now become a political football to further the ulterior aims of certain Arab leaders. The fact that the Soviets have gone out of their way to encourage Arab Intransigence. is certainly not in keeping with Soviet professions that all problems between states should be solved by negotiations.