Cross on the star of David : the Christian world in Israel's foreign policy, 1948-1967 / Uri Bialer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bialer, Uri.

Series:

Indiana series in Middle East studies.

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state--Israel.

Church and state.

Christians--Government policy--Israel.

Christians.

Israel--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.

Israel.

Israel--Politics and government--1948-1967.

Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Israel.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The official establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948 constituted the realization of the Zionist vision, but military victory left in its wake internal and external survival issues that would threaten this historic achievement for decades to come. The refusal of the international community to recognize the political, geographic, and demographic results of the War of Independence presented Israel with a permanent regional security threat, while isolating and alienating it in the international ar

Contents:

The sense of threat emerges

The struggle for Jerusalem : the papal connection

At the gates of the Vatican

Theology and diplomacy

Missionary activity

Goat and chicken diplomacy : Israel and its Christian communities

Israel and the question of the Russian ecclesiastical assets

Land in the shadow of the cross : German Lutheran, Catholic, and Greek Orthodox property in Israel

Epilogue: on viewing the enemy and bridge building.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07250-1

9786612072505

0-253-11148-X

OCLC:

475995038