Elusive Neutrality: Christian Humanitarianism and the Question of Palestine, 1948-1967

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dc.citation.firstpage183
dc.citation.issueNumber2
dc.citation.journalTitleHumanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development
dc.citation.lastpage210
dc.citation.volumeNumber5
dc.contributor.authorCohen, G. Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-01T19:09:25Z
dc.date.available2014-08-01T19:09:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the history of Protestant humanitarian interventions on behalf of Palestinian refugees between 1948 and 1967. Deeply concerned with Arab suffering, Protestant churches organized under the World Council of Churches were also theologically committed to a new “Christian approach to the Jews” in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Commitment to neutrality, however, could not keep politics at bay. Indeed, the hallmark of Protestant humanitarianism in the Middle East was a permanent struggle between claims of justice and impartial benevolence, universal human rights and Christian Zionism, empathy for Palestinian victimhood and identification with Jews as symbols of historical injustice.
dc.identifier.citationCohen, G. Daniel. "Elusive Neutrality: Christian Humanitarianism and the Question of Palestine, 1948-1967." <i>Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development,</i> 5, no. 2 (2014) University of Pennsylvania Press: 183-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hum.2014.0016.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hum.2014.0016
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/76324
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
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dc.subject.keywordWorld Council of Churches
dc.subject.keywordPalestinian refugees
dc.subject.keywordhumanitarianism
dc.subject.keywordphilo-semitism
dc.subject.keywordChristian Zionism
dc.subject.keywordElfan Rees
dc.subject.keywordUnited Nations Work and Relief Agency
dc.subject.keywordCount Folke Bernadotte
dc.titleElusive Neutrality: Christian Humanitarianism and the Question of Palestine, 1948-1967
dc.typeJournal article
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