1. Zionism's Gift.
- Author
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Klein Halevi, Yossi
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PAPAL visits , *CHRISTIAN-Jewish relations , *NATIONALISM , *CHRISTIANITY & antisemitism , *PRIME ministers , *RECONCILIATION , *CHRISTIANS - Abstract
Reflects on the speech given by Pope John Paul II in Jerusalem, where he envisioned a future in which there will be no more anti-Jewish feeling among Christians or anti-Christian feeling among Jews. Assessment of the public response to the speech, which was contrary to Israeli commentators' anticipation of dissent; Shift in the policy of Israeli press following the speech towards solidarity; Support for the reconciliation speech from Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak; Resistance to the apology from orthodox Jewish nationalists.
- Published
- 2000