Cohen, G. Daniel2014-08-012014-08-012014Cohen, 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.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/76324This 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.engArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.Journal articleWorld Council of ChurchesPalestinian refugeeshumanitarianismphilo-semitismChristian ZionismElfan ReesUnited Nations Work and Relief AgencyCount Folke Bernadottehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hum.2014.0016