03050nam 22006494a 450 991081905950332120200520144314.01-282-07250-197866120725050-253-11148-X(CKB)1000000000362366(EBL)268934(OCoLC)475995038(SSID)ssj0000132896(PQKBManifestationID)11157898(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132896(PQKBWorkID)10041163(PQKB)11094672(MiAaPQ)EBC268934(OCoLC)71317123(MdBmJHUP)muse16698(Au-PeEL)EBL268934(CaPaEBR)ebr10137810(CaONFJC)MIL207250(EXLCZ)99100000000036236620050218d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCross on the star of David the Christian world in Israel's foreign policy, 1948-1967 /Uri Bialer1st ed.Bloomington, IN Indiana University Pressc20051 online resource (257 p.)Indiana series in Middle East studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34647-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.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.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 arIndiana series in Middle East studies.Church and stateIsraelChristiansGovernment policyIsraelIsraelForeign relationsCatholic ChurchIsraelPolitics and government1948-1967Church and stateChristiansGovernment policy327.56940456/34/09045Bialer Uri538313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819059503321Cross on the star of David4056076UNINA