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

"Cross on the Star of David presents the first scholarly analysis, based on newly declassified documents, of Israeli policymaking on the issue of the Christian world's stance toward the new state resulting from the War of Independence. Uri Bialer focuses on the impact that modes of thinkin...

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Main Authors:Byâler, Ûrî
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Bloomington [u.a.] : Indiana Univ. Press, 2005
Series:Indiana series in Middle East studies
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Online Access:Table of contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of 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.