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The Vatican's foreign relations, particularly their Middle Eastern aspects, are generally little known. This book attempts to clear up the misunderstandings and misconceptions in regard to the Vatican's Middle Eastern relations. For more than a thousand years, the Holy See has been inextricably involved in the Middle East; indeed, the very roots of the Roman Catholic Church originate there. Yet despite the religious overtones of the Holy Land issue, Kreutz argues that the Vatican's Middle Eastern policy is much more than an expression of its religious and secular ideology, it is a reflection of the social, political, and economic climate.
The study begins with background on the Roman Catholic Church and its links to the Third World, especially the Middle East. The balance of the book provides a chronological historical analysis of the Vatican's involvement in the Palestinian problem beginning around 1900 through 1988. Kreutz examines its relations in regard to the beginning of Zionist settlement in Palestine, the Holocaust, the 1947-1948 partition plan and the creation of Israel and the Arab refugee problem. He focuses on the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War in 1967 including the growth of the Palestinian national movement, and the present day attitude of the Vatican under Pope John Paul II.
Contents
Introduction Government and Policy Making in the Roman Catholic Church The Vatican and the Origins of the Struggle for Palestine The Vatican, the Arab Rebellion, and the Partition Proposal, 1936-1939 The Vatican, the Holocaust, and the Palestinian Problem, 1939-1945 The Vatican, the Creation of Israel, and the Beginning of the Palestinian Arab Refugee Problem, 1945-1949 The Vatican Between the Arab Refugees and the State of Israel, 1950-1967 The Vatican, Palestinian Rights, and the Palestinian National Movement, 1967-1978 John Paul II and the Palestinian Question, 1978-1988 Selected Bibliograhy Index
