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

• Autore: Bialer Uri
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.56940456/34/09045
• Soggetto topico: Church and state - Israel; Christians - Government policy - Israel
• Soggetto geografico: Israel Foreign relations Catholic Church; Israel Politics and government 1948-1967
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cross on the star of David
• ISBN: 1-282-07250-1; 9786612072505; 0-253-11148-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457587903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Indiana series in Middle East studies.