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- Title
Angelo Roncalli Nuncioto Paris and the Establishment of the State of Israel.
- Abstract
The article analyses the attitude of Angelo Roncalli, at that time Nuncioto Paris and successively Pope John XXIII, toward the establishment of the State of Israel. Through research based on various archival sources and personal papers, it shows how Roncalli's attitude toward Zionism, the Middle Eastern question, and the establishment of Israel wasn't the fruit of a deliberate political decision, but the result of a cultural and religious openness toward other faiths and cultures, including Judaism. Due to his background and experience, Roncalli was certainly one of the Vatican's most sympathetic diplomats toward Jewish illegal immigration to EretzIsrael immediately after WW II, which he primarily considered a humanitarian issue. At the same time, he frequently showed his friendship toward Israel's envoys and representatives, even if he never took an overt position toward the political aspects of the Middle Eastern crisis.
- Subjects
JOHN XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963; HISTORY of Zionism; HUMANITARIANISM; CULTURE; HISTORY of religion; ISRAELI politics &; government; HISTORY
- Publication
Israel Studies, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 3, p102
- ISSN
1084-9513
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/israelstudies.22.3.05