א.1 | Relations with the Vatican, 1948–1990: an overview
- Walter Eytan, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Maurice Fischer, Israel Representative in Paris; 15 September 1948 (in English)
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- Jacob Herzog, Head of the Department for Christian Communities in the Ministry of Religious Affairs to Moshe Sharett, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yissachar Dov Weiss, Director General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Walter Eytan, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 7 October 1948.
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- Eliahu Sasson, Israel Ambassador in Rome to Walter Eytan, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 29 October 1958
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Information about the new pope, John XXIII, and his attitude to the Jewish people and Israel.
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An exchange of greetings between the new Pope and the Israeli president.
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The text of Pope Paul VI’s note to President Zalman Shazar following his visit to Israel
- Abba Eban, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome, to Alon and Gideon Raphael, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem; 6 October 1969
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His visit to the Vatican.
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Hopes for peace following the ceasefire which ended the War of Attrition
- Emile Najar, Israel Ambassador in Rome: Report on Prime Minister Golda Meir’s Meeting with Pope Paul VI on 15 January 1973; 23 January 1973
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10. President Yitzhak Navon, Jerusalem, to Pope John Paul II, the Vatican; 19 April 1979 (in English)
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- Joseph Ciechanover, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Jerusalem; 23 April 1979
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His meeting with Pope John Paul II; results of the peace treaty with Egypt, the status of Jerusalem
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Justifies Israel’s intervention in Lebanon and asks for the support of the Vatican in restoring peace on the border.
12A Nissim Yaish, in Charge of Relations with the Christian Churches and Jerusalem, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem to Israel’s Missions Abroad; 24 April 1984
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An Apostolic Letter from the Pope about Jerusalem.
- Nathan Ben Horin, in Charge of Relations with the Vatican, Rome, to Christian Churches Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 21 February 1985
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Prime Minister Shimon Peres’ talk with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Casaroli in preparation for his meeting with Pope John Paul II
- Nathan Ben Horin, Israel Embassy, Rome to Christian Churches Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1 March 1985
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Media coverage of Prime Minister Shimon Peres’ meeting with the Pope on 20 February 1985
- Peled, Israel Embassy in Rome to Yael Vered, Deputy Director General and the Christian Churches Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 14 April 1986,
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The Pope’s visit to the synagogue in Rome
- The Israel Consul General in Milan to the Director of the Christian Churches Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem; 9 September 1988
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The head of the Milan Jewish community visited Auschwitz and heard from the Carmelite nuns that they do not intend to carry out the agreement to leave the site of the convent.
- Miron Gordon, Israel Embassy in Rome, to the Christian Churches Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem; 20 March 1989
Pope John Paul II’s attitude to the Auschwitz convent issue, as described in a talk with his childhood friend, Jerzy Kluger.
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- Yitzhak Aviran, Israel Embassy in Paris to the Christian Churches Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem; 11 August 1989
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Israel’s attitude to the debate on the convent in Auschwitz.
20. Gabriel Padon, Israel Embassy in Bonn, to Uri Gordon, Adviser to the Minister on Church Affairs; 14 August 1989
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The protest of German Jewry over the Church’s failure to carry out the agreement on the convent in Auschwitz.
21. Medad Medina, Deputy Director of the Christian Churches Division, Jerusalem, to Mark Amir, Israel Embassy in Bonn; 15 March 1990
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The history of Israel’s relations with the Vatican.