Italian Catholics and the June 1967 War: A Turning Point

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Israel Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.2979/is.2023.a903072

Enrico Palumbo

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ABSTRACT: This article examines the debate in the Italian Catholic world which erupted during the Arab-Israeli war of June 1967. At the time, Italy was governed by the Christian Democrats, a Catholic-based party in a center-left coalition and the Italian electorate leaned heavily towards Israel, as newspapers, magazines and many politicians feared a possible resurgent genocide against the Jews. Only a few important but minority public figures took radically different positions: Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani and, more moderately, Prime Minister Aldo Moro together with their allies in the party. After the end of the war, many Italian Catholics changed their minds: Israel no longer risked "a new holocaust," and the tragedy of the Palestinian people became obvious.

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意大利天主教徒和1967年6月战争:一个转折点

摘要:本文考察了1967年6月阿以战争期间意大利天主教界爆发的争论。当时，意大利由基督教民主党(Christian Democrats)执政，这是一个中左翼联盟中的天主教政党，意大利选民严重倾向于以色列，因为报纸、杂志和许多政客担心，针对犹太人的种族灭绝可能会死灰复燃。只有少数重要但占少数的公众人物采取了截然不同的立场:外交部长阿明托尔·范法尼(Amintore Fanfani)和较为温和的总理阿尔多·莫罗(Aldo Moro)及其党内盟友。战争结束后，许多意大利天主教徒改变了他们的想法:以色列不再冒着“新的大屠杀”的风险，巴勒斯坦人民的悲剧变得显而易见。

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